This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Beginning with an overview of the main features of early English s

This book is a guide to the development of English syntax between the Old and Modern periods. Beginning with an overview of the main features of early English s

A comprehensive account of Early Modern English considers writing and orthography, phonetics and phonology, syntax and the lexicon, and includes a valuable anth

This book applies the techniques of systemic functional grammar to the description of the Old English historical dialect, 650-1150 CE. Systemic functional gramm

Originally published in 1940, this book was written in 'an attempt to drive a few main lines through the almost unexplored tract of Old English syntax'. The tex