De Bastiani, Chiara (2023) Some notes on negated and quantified objects in Middle English and Early Modern English. ACTA LINGUISTICA ACADEMICA, 70 (2). pp. 219-247. ISSN 2559-8201
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Abstract
In this paper, I present a novel corpus investigation of quantified and negated objects in the Middle English and Early Modern English period, which is embedded within the wider language change scenario from linear OV to linear VO in the history of English. It will be shown that evidence for preverbal positioning of such objects is mostly limited to translated texts in Middle English in the PPCME2 corpus, and that by late Middle English, most of the hits consist of negated elements, as shown in the PCEEC corpus, which consists of native texts. The different constraints governing spell out of positive objects in Old English and Middle English are discussed and compared to the licensing of negated and quantified objects. The data provided in this paper constitute further evidence for Ingham's (2000, 2002, 2007) analysis of preposed negated objects in late ME and their correlation with the Negative Cycle, and complement previous investigations on negated and quantified objects in Middle English and Early Modern English.
Item Type: | Article |
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Subjects: | P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PE English / anglisztika |
SWORD Depositor: | MTMT SWORD |
Depositing User: | MTMT SWORD |
Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2023 09:58 |
Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2023 09:58 |
URI: | http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/168479 |
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