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Book: Historical Linguistics and the History of English

Chapter: The Nominal Group

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.40459

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Each of the four sections of this chapter begins with a discussion of the register characteristics of a short text, in modern English, Old English, Middle English, and early modern English respectively. Nominal groups in each text are used to illustrate the experiential, logical, interpersonal and textual systems and structures which explain them.

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