Middle English Verbs of Emotion and Impersonal Constructions: Verb Meaning and Syntax in Diachrony

Middle English Verbs of Emotion and Impersonal Constructions: Verb Meaning and Syntax in Diachrony Miura Ayumi (Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Kansai Gaidai University Japan) Wydawca: Oxford University Press Inc Data wydania: 2015 ISBN: 9780199947157 Liczba stron: 312 Format: 164 x 235 x 23 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: With a careful use of dictionary materials and modern linguistic approaches, this book investigates why some Middle English verbs of emotion are attested in impersonal constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. A range of factors are identified that affected their behaviour.