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... object in the accusative or the zero case § 155 a ) in Old English § 155 . . b ) in Middle English § 156 . c ) in Modern English § 157 • of verbs often construed with a reciprocal object § 158 . of verbs often construed with a reflexive ...
... object in the accusative or the zero case § 155 a ) in Old English § 155 . . b ) in Middle English § 156 . c ) in Modern English § 157 • of verbs often construed with a reciprocal object § 158 . of verbs often construed with a reflexive ...
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... OBJECT ) ONE OBJECT The different kinds of objects §§ 315-673 . . INDIRECT OBJECT Type ' He Gode pancode ' §§ 316-323 . . Type ' Him tweonode ' ( " impersonal " ) § 324 • Type ' I obey , command , pardon , serve ( to ) him §§ 325-6 ...
... OBJECT ) ONE OBJECT The different kinds of objects §§ 315-673 . . INDIRECT OBJECT Type ' He Gode pancode ' §§ 316-323 . . Type ' Him tweonode ' ( " impersonal " ) § 324 • Type ' I obey , command , pardon , serve ( to ) him §§ 325-6 ...
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... OBJECT Character of causative object as sole object ( ' he weorces gefeah ' ) § 370 . · · • 350 • 350 351 Causative object not always formally recognizable § 371 Causative object after verb - form in -ende § 372 . · • Disappearance of ...
... OBJECT Character of causative object as sole object ( ' he weorces gefeah ' ) § 370 . · · • 350 • 350 351 Causative object not always formally recognizable § 371 Causative object after verb - form in -ende § 372 . · • Disappearance of ...
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... object after such groups as ' break in upon ' , ' look out for ' § 417 . DIRECT OBJECT The direct object as sole object §§ 418-666 . In ' impersonal ' constructions ( ' Hine hungrede ' ) § 420 Objects of result § 421 . Cognate objects ...
... object after such groups as ' break in upon ' , ' look out for ' § 417 . DIRECT OBJECT The direct object as sole object §§ 418-666 . In ' impersonal ' constructions ( ' Hine hungrede ' ) § 420 Objects of result § 421 . Cognate objects ...
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... object §§ 492-500 • Formal it in ' hit macian ' , ' to hop it ' , ' to lord it ' , ' to rough it ' , etc. §§ 492-500 . a ) in Old English § 494 • • 420 · 422 • 425 • 433 · 439 439 440 • 440 • 44I · • 442 • 443 449 449 • • 449 450 45I ...
... object §§ 492-500 • Formal it in ' hit macian ' , ' to hop it ' , ' to lord it ' , ' to rough it ' , etc. §§ 492-500 . a ) in Old English § 494 • • 420 · 422 • 425 • 433 · 439 439 440 • 440 • 44I · • 442 • 443 449 449 • • 449 450 45I ...
Contents
Preface | xxiii |
CHAPTER | 3 |
d Indirect Object + Direct Object | 4 |
Type pay loved samen together between mutually 4845 | 5 |
In invocations type A bless you | 9 |
in Old English 160 | 11 |
In stage directions type A sits down | 15 |
Apo koinou construction in dialects | 21 |
Views of English and American grammarians concerning this form 267 | 244 |
Type this book is hers ours yours theirs etc 280 | 253 |
192 | 260 |
in Modern English 151 | 263 |
Type It was of a brown colour it was of no use 296 | 266 |
Me as subject a survival of O E impersonal constructions | 269 |
Oblique form after than and as | 275 |
189 | 288 |
Formal it in hit macian to hop it to lord it to rough it etc 492500 | 26 |
Type A is pity that he went | 27 |
Absence of the relative objectpronoun 62744 | 31 |
Obsolescence of the himhine hungreth construction 3438 | 34 |
e Direct Object + Direct Object | 35 |
In statements referring to the weather etc | 36 |
Me is liefer I had liefer I am liefer etc | 40 |
Type Ic it eom | 42 |
in Modern English 162 | 46 |
Type It is asked me + clause | 49 |
in Old English after se þ¿s þam þa and after nouns 627 | 51 |
xxiii | 53 |
Type He was rich was Dick | 55 |
Type Our Lord that in hevene ne erthe he ne hath non pere 75 | 58 |
Collective nouns not denoting persons | 70 |
Everybody idem | 77 |
connected by neither nor 101 | 83 |
Two coordinated subjects of different person III | 89 |
51 | 92 |
Concord after myself thyself etc used as subject | 95 |
Verbs representing the action as quasiautomatic 163 | 100 |
Concord in number after para pe | 110 |
VERB WITHOUT COMPLEMENT | 115 |
With the adverbs best better easier etc 168 | 119 |
The various types | 129 |
Type Ic was him + adjective e g Ic was him leof 33349 | 142 |
Quasitransitive verbs e g to amble to hop | 145 |
Independent to be 1701 | 160 |
Idem + at or + for e g What are you at I am for him | 171 |
in early Modern English 629 | 172 |
Type They didnt like it Or did they? 205 | 176 |
Independent may | 177 |
with subject preceding as John does | 183 |
After than 189193 | 189 |
The verb itself repeated with retention of so | 214 |
The complement of the copulas 240307 | 219 |
C With no more neither ne nor | 220 |
190 | 228 |
191 | 234 |
611 | 306 |
Type Him tweonode impersonal | 311 |
618 | 330 |
Idem with other verbs than beon e g ic weard him wrad | 348 |
Type He was me + noun e g He was me freond 35066 | 354 |
g Types Feower d¿las beop dam bisceope A sone was not to him | 363 |
Character of causative object as sole object he weorces gefeah | 370 |
Verbs of French origin with idem | 376 |
Verbs of touching | 382 |
VISSER An Historical English Syntax | 385 |
type Hy wynsomedon on God | 396 |
type This pay marvailed on | 408 |
Types To whom should he appeal?Whom sh he appeal to? | 414 |
The direct object as sole object 418666 | 420 |
b in Middle English 495 | 439 |
621 | 451 |
Heralding objects 50126 | 459 |
in type she told it that she was guilty 50510 | 466 |
Relative pronouns used as objects 53247 | 488 |
537 | 491 |
Can could + object 551 | 500 |
Cognate objects 42224 | 502 |
655 | 509 |
The Object Used Twice 598611 | 518 |
Instrumental objects 425 | 520 |
Absolute | 525 |
646 | 552 |
c with the verb to have He has a son an heir 64951 | 564 |
g with verbs of showing betraying dissembling | 574 |
Type he slept himself sober with resultative adjunct 659 | 596 |
Similarly with indirect and prepositional objects | 603 |
Type She slew him Holofernus | 609 |
Absence of the Object 61244 | 615 |
Type He hine an bigspell ahsode 698 | 635 |
Type He bereafedon hine of his life 7012 | 643 |
| 649 | |
| 655 | |
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