Series preface |
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Preface |
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A note on glossing |
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1.1 Dative external possessors |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (8) |
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1.3 Typological considerations |
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12 | (2) |
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1.4 Previous studies of external possession in early English |
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14 | (8) |
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1.5 Corpus and historical scope |
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22 | (1) |
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1.6 Organization of the book |
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23 | (2) |
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2 Dative case in Old English: An overview |
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25 | (20) |
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2.1 Dative and instrumental |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (4) |
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2.3 Complements of adjectives and nouns |
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31 | (1) |
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2.4 Copulas, `impersonal' constructions, and `extended existence' |
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32 | (4) |
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2.5 Dative + PP with copulas |
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36 | (1) |
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2.6 Dative + to with other verbs |
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37 | (1) |
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2.7 `Free' and `adverbial' datives |
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38 | (5) |
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2.8 `Impersonal' constructions with datives with lexical verbs |
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43 | (1) |
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44 | (1) |
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3 Investigating dative external possessors in the history of English |
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45 | (13) |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (6) |
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56 | (2) |
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4 Body and dative external possessors in Old English |
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58 | (43) |
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58 | (1) |
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4.2 Results: object possessa |
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59 | (12) |
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4.3 Results: subject possessa with lexical verbs |
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71 | (10) |
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4.4 Subject possessa with adjectival predicates |
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81 | (3) |
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4.5 Comparing subject and object possessa |
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84 | (4) |
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4.6 The question of Latin influence |
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88 | (5) |
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4.7 Direct arguments: conclusions |
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93 | (1) |
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4.8 Results: objects of prepositions (PObjs) |
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94 | (5) |
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4.9 Conclusions on DEPs of body possessa in OE |
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99 | (2) |
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5 Early changes in English |
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101 | (20) |
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101 | (1) |
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5.2 A change from Germanic? |
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101 | (8) |
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5.3 A change within OE? Range and frequency of DEPs |
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109 | (11) |
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5.4 Conclusions on early changes |
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120 | (1) |
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6 Mind and dative external possessors in Old English |
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121 | (29) |
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122 | (12) |
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134 | (14) |
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148 | (2) |
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6.4 Conclusions: body and mind |
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150 | (1) |
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7 External possessors in Early Middle English |
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150 | (49) |
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151 | (1) |
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7.2 The transition to Middle English |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (10) |
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7.4 Summary and comparison with late OE |
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162 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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7.6 The dative case in EME |
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165 | (10) |
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7.7 Searching for `dative case' and DEPs in Middle English |
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175 | (2) |
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7.8 Direct arguments: body |
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177 | (6) |
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7.9 Prepositional phrases |
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183 | (10) |
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193 | (2) |
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7.11 Conclusion: from OE to ME |
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195 | (4) |
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8 Changes and explanations |
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199 | (30) |
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199 | (1) |
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8.2 Internal explanations |
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200 | (14) |
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8.3 External explanations |
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214 | (8) |
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222 | (7) |
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229 | (8) |
Appendix A Corpus |
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237 | (10) |
Appendix B Vocabulary lists |
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247 | (12) |
Appendix C Notes on searches |
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259 | (12) |
References |
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271 | (8) |
Index |
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