Syntactic Change in Medieval French : Verb-Second and Null Subjects /

This book considers the synchronic and diachronic syntax of finite clauses in Medieval French from a generative point of view. Two salient and closely related features of Old French, the verb-second constraint and the limited distribution of null subjects, are followed through the Middle French peri...

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Main Author:	Vance, Barbara S.
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 1997.
Series:	Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; 41.
Subjects:	Linguistics. Comparative linguistics. Philology. Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book