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Book: Historical Linguistics and the History of English

Chapter: The Textual Perspective on the Clause

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.40463

Blurb:

The short historical texts help to illustrate that most of theme/rheme framework of modern English clauses and clause complexes is also operative in the other historical stages. Some elements of the systems and their realizations, such as the markedness choices, undergo an evolution through the historical stages.

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