Los, Bettelou. <br/><br/>
A Historical Syntax of English. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (306 pages) 
 - Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced .
 - Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language - Advanced .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- Note on data references -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Nominal categories: The loss of nominal morphology -- 3 Verbal categories: The rise of the auxiliaries have and be -- 4 Verbal categories: The rise of the modal auxiliaries -- 5 Complementation -- 6 The structure of the clause -- 7 Verb-Second -- 8 Syntax and discourse -- Appendix 1: Cynewulf and Cyneheard -- Appendix 2: Beowulf -- Bibliography -- Index. 
<br/><br/> This book discusses a number of approaches to charting the major developments in the syntax of English, addressing key issues of interpretation and focus for the benefit of students of the topic. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780748694563 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Syntax.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>P291 -- .L67 2015eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>425