Explorations in English Historical Syntax.

Intro -- Explorations in English Historical Syntax -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Introduction. Exploring English historical syntax -- 1. A renewed appreciation for English historical syntax -- 2. Factors of change -- 3. Contributions to this volume -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 1. "Permissive" subjects and the decline of adverbial linking in the history of English: "Permissive" subjects and the decline of adverbial linking in the history of English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. "Permissive subjects" -- 3. Adverbial positions and discourse linking in Old English -- 4. The rise of valency alternations -- 5. Adverbial discourse links, "late subjects", and flexible argument structure in PDE -- 6. Tail-head linking in Dutch and German narratives -- 7. Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2. Cognate noun constructions in Early Modern English: Cognate noun constructions in Early Modern English: The case of Tyndale's New Testament -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and historical background -- 2.1 Theoretical background: Cognate nouns and CNCs -- 2.2 Historical background: Cognate nouns and their diachrony in English -- 3. The data from Tyndale -- 3.1 CNCs in Tyndale vs. other biblical translations -- 3.2 Archaic "sacral stamp" vs. indirect effects of translation in Tyndale -- 4. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- References -- Chapter 3. On the differential evolution of simple and complex object constructions in English: On the differential evolution of simple and complex object constructions in English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Simple object structures: Increased functional diversity -- 2.1 Directive verbs -- 2.2 Body part instruments -- 2.3 Other instrumental objects -- 3. External possessor constructions -- 4. Double object constructions.

5. Clausal complements after the sequence V+O -- 5.1 That-clauses -- 5.2 Infinitival complements -- 5.3 Dependent interrogative clauses -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Electronic sources -- Chapter 4. Finite causative complements in Middle English: Finite causative complements in Middle English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The frequency of finite causative complements -- 3. Finite causative complements in OE -- 3.1 "First" and "second" causatives -- 3.2 V+NP+þæt in OE -- 4. Finite causative complements in ME -- 4.1 V+that in ME -- 4.2 Survival of V+that -- 4.3 V+NP+that -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Primary sources -- Dictionaries and electronic corpora -- Secondary sources -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- V+ that -- V+NP+that -- Chapter 5. Causative make and its infinitival complements in Early Modern English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Data and methods -- 3. Causative make plus to- and bare infinitives in Early Modern English: A historical overview -- 3. Causative make plus to- and bare infinitives in Early Modern English: A historical overview -- 4. Linguistic factors affecting the choice of to- and bare infinitives -- 4.1 Preliminary remarks -- 4.2 Complexity in general -- 4.3 The object/causee of make -- 4.4 Coordination of infinitives -- 4.5 Infinitives of different verbs -- 5. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. Semantic and lexical shifts with the "into-causative" construction in American English: Semantic and lexical shifts with the "into-causative" construction in American English: Semantic and lexical shifts with the "into-causative" construction i -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous research -- 3. Corpus data -- 4. Lexical diversity -- 5. Semantic changes: Some generalizations -- 6. Neutral verbs -- 7. Positive verbs -- 8. Indirect causation -- 9. Interaction with the "way" construction.

10. Conclusion, and a final note on corpus size -- References -- Chapter 7. Free adjuncts in Late Modern English: A corpus-based study -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An introduction to FAs and their characteristics -- 2.1 Head of the free adjunct -- 2.2 Position -- 2.3 Elements introducing free adjuncts -- 2.4 Semantic features -- 2.5 Textual distribution -- 3. Data and methodology -- 4. Analysis of the data and results -- 4.1 Overall frequencies -- 4.2 Head elements -- 4.3 Position -- 4.4 Introductory elements -- 4.5 Semantics -- 4.6 Textual distribution -- 5. Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 8. Complexity and genre distribution of left-dislocated strings after the fixation of SVO syntax: Complexity and genre distribution of left-dislocated strings after the fixation of SVO syntax: Complexity and genre distribution of left-dislocated s -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A brief historical survey of LD -- 3. Goals and hypotheses -- 3.1 Factors that determine the complexity of the LDed constituent -- 3.2 The link between less complex LDed items and speech-related genres -- 4. Data and methodology -- 4.1 Determining the length of the LDed constituent -- 4.2 Exploring the link between speech-related genres and complexity of the LDed constituent -- 4.2 Exploring the link between speech-related genres and complexity of the LDed constituent -- 5. Results -- 5.1 The diachrony of LD: An overview -- 5.2 Results from the linear model: Complexity of the LDed constituent -- 5.3 Results from univariate statistical tests: Orality and genre -- 6. Discussion and concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Why Scotsmen will drown and shall not be saved: Why Scotsmen will drown and shall not be saved: The historical development of will and shall in Older ScotsThe historical development of will and shall in Older Scots -- 1. Introduction.

2. Classification of modal meanings -- 3. Data and method -- 4. Will and shall in the Helsinki Corpus of Older Scots -- 4.1 The modal meanings expressed by will and shall in the HCOS -- 4.2 The distribution of will and shall by grammatical person -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Appendix. Pearson's Chi-squared test results -- Chapter 10. A study of Old English dugan: Its potential for auxiliation -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Old English dugan: Its etymology -- 3. Auxiliation of pre-modals -- 3.1 Some formal features of the modals -- 3.2 Evaluative readings -- 4. Old English dugan -- 4.1 Verse texts -- 4.2 Homiletic prose -- 4.3 Medical prose -- 5. Middle English and Modern English periods -- 5.1 Middle English douen -- 5.2 Scots dow 'can' -- 6. Germanic cognates of Old English dugan -- 7. Conclusion -- List of abbreviations -- References -- Dictionaries -- Editions -- Studies -- Chapter 11. Sequentiality and the emergence of new constructions: Sequentiality and the emergence of new constructions: That's the bottom line is (that) in American English -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical and historical background -- 2.1 Shell noun constructions -- 2.2 A brief history of bottom line -- 3. Survey results -- 3.1 The distributional patterns -- 3.2 Sequential use and the flow of information -- 3.3 The emergence of apo-koinou constructions - loss of the negative adverb not -- 4. Discussion -- 4.1 Apo-koinou constructions as a case of constructionalization -- 4.2 Constructional expansion -- 5. Concluding remarks and further issues -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Corpora -- Index.

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