The Position of Subject Clauses in the History of English
In English, subject clauses can occur either preverbally (in-subject initial position) or postverbally (in final position). In order to account for these structures, linguistic theory has presented two major hypotheses: extraposition and intraposition. All through the history of English, the criter...
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Language: | English |
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Universidad de Zaragoza
2000-12-01
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Series: | Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies |
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Online Access: | https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/11003 |