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ERIC Number: EJ423076
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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ISSN: ISSN-0954-3945
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The Rightward Movement of Complements and Adjuncts in the Old English of "Beowulf."
Pintzuk, Susan; Kroch, Anthony S.
Language Variation and Change, v1 n2 p115-43 1989
Analyzes the rightward movement of noun and prepositional phrases in the Early Old English poem "Beowulf." Evidence is provided for heavy noun phrase shift, with a characteristic major intonational boundary between the main verb and the postponed noun phrase, and preposition phrase extraposition, where the intonational boundary was much less common. (24 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Language Patterns, Language Variation, Nouns, Old English, Old English Literature, Phrase Structure, Poetry, Prepositions, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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