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This course will deal with syntactic change in English. It will explore the nature of syntactic changes and attempt to characterize the factors that led to the major developments in the syntax of English.
Phenomena to be discussed will include the development of the determiner system, word order changes (loss of V2 and change from OV to VO, loss of verb movement), the development of do-support, and the loss of auxiliary selection.
The course does not presuppose any knowledge of Old or Middle English. |
