Reconsidering variation and change in the Medieval French subject system

This article draws on a novel corpus of medieval texts to explore diachronic change in the French subject system. It is argued that the relative frequency of null, preverbal and postverbal subjects is affected by changes in the syntax-information structure mapping during the medieval period, with th...

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Номзүйн дэлгэрэнгүй
Үндсэн зохиолч: Wolfe, S
Формат: Journal article
Хэл сонгох:English
Хэвлэсэн: Ubiquity Press 2020