{"product_id":"the-development-from-case-forms-to-prepositional-constructions-in-old-english-prose-9783039117635","title":"The Development from Case-Forms to Prepositional","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe development from a synthetic to an analytic language is one of the most important topics in English historical syntax. This development is reflected in the gradual decrease of case-forms and the replacement of their functions with equivalent prepositional constructions. Focussing on the Old English period, when case-forms and prepositional constructions overlapped in various functions, this book aims to answer an unresolved question: was there a significant change in the use of case-forms and, alternatively, in the use of prepositions plus case-forms in contexts where both types were possible? The author makes a statistical comparison between prose texts written in the early Old English period and texts of the later Old English period; she also takes into account stylistic features of individual texts. Thus, this book addresses this Old English syntactic issue both from a historical and a stylistic perspective and shows the stages of development during the Old English period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e«The single dimension along which Sato traces the development of competing forms is illuminating. [...] The dimension that she has elaborated and the summaries and generalizations that she has provided are admirable in their clarity.» (Thomas Cable, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents: Instrumentality – Manner – Accompaniment – Point of Time – Duration of Time – Origin – Specification – Dative Absolute – \u003ci\u003eThe Parker Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e – \u003ci\u003eBoethius\u003c\/i\u003e – \u003ci\u003eBede\u003c\/i\u003e – Ælfric’s \u003ci\u003eCatholic Homilies\u003c\/i\u003e – Ælfric’s \u003ci\u003eLives of Saints\u003c\/i\u003e – Wulfstan’s Homilies.","brand":"Verlag Peter Lang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51043742548311,"sku":"9783039117635","price":62.73,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9783039117635.jpg?v=1750959296","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-development-from-case-forms-to-prepositional-constructions-in-old-english-prose-9783039117635","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}