Middle English verbs of emotion and impersonal constructions : verb meaning and syntax in diachrony / Ayumi Miura.

Impersonal constructions in the history of English form a puzzling category, in that there has been uncertainty as to why some verbs are attested in such constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. This book tackles this under-discussed question in one of the most po...

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Online Access:Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online
Electronic book from Oxford Scholarship Online
Main Author: Miura, Ayumi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Series:Oxford studies in the history of English.
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