This monograph answers the question of why English changed from an OV to a VO language on the assumption that this change is due to intensive language contact w

Discusses syntax and word order changes in Middle English dialects, with an emphasis on the shift from sentences where the object precedes the verb to those whe

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

An Introduction to Middle English combines an elementary grammar of the English language from about 1100 to about 1500 with a selection of texts for reading, ra

This volume presents a snapshot of the current state of the art of research in English corpus linguistics. It contains selected papers from the 40th ICAME confe