New study on the grammar of subclauses in historical English
Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 11:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
When do English speakers say whether that will happen is unknown and when do they say it is unknown whether that will happen? Looking at, among other things, medieval homilies and early modern letter correspondence, a recently published dissertation at the University of Gothenburg shows how clausal arguments, and in particular clausal subjects, have been expressed at different points in time in the history of English.