Analogy, reanalysis and exaptation in Early Middle English: the emergence of a new inflectional system
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DOI: 10.1017/s1360674318000333
Abstract: From Old English to Middle English inflection is gradually lost. It is assumed that this is mainly due to phonological and syntactic changes. This article, however, argues that the loss of inflection is not a… read more here.
Keywords: system; middle english; early middle; new inflectional ... See more keywords
Survival factors in the early Middle English lexicon
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DOI: 10.1017/s1360674323000072
Abstract: Using a corpus linguistic approach, this article aims to answer the question of which factors contribute to a better chance of survival for words in the early Middle English lexicon. Because of the cognitive benefits… read more here.
Keywords: survival factors; factors early; middle english; early middle ... See more keywords
Anonymity, canonicity, and literary value
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DOI: 10.1080/0950236x.2024.2317005
Abstract: ABSTRACT This article investigates institutional forces that maintain the focus on canonical authors in Middle English studies, despite the ubiquity of anonymity in the Middle English corpus, and despite the extensive critique of the canon… read more here.
Keywords: anonymity canonicity; middle english; literary value; canonicity literary ... See more keywords
Middle English Religious Writing in Practice: Texts, Readers, and Transformations ed. by Nicole R. Rice (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/pgn.2017.0096
Abstract: Thank you very much for reading middle english religious writing in practice texts readers and transformations. As you may know, people have look hundreds times for their favorite readings like this middle english religious writing… read more here.
Keywords: english religious; practice texts; religious writing; writing practice ... See more keywords
Performative speech act verbs and sincerity in Anglo-Norman and Middle English letters
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DOI: 10.1515/multi-2019-0011
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates performative manifestations of sincerity across Anglo-Norman and Middle English. In particular, it locates adverbial sincerity markers used to qualify performative speech act verbs in late medieval letters (fourteenth and fifteenth centuries),… read more here.
Keywords: sincerity; norman middle; performative speech; speech act ... See more keywords
Types of Attributive Constructions in Middle English Poetry
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DOI: 10.32603/2412-8562-2025-11-2-157-169
Abstract: Introduction. The research focuses on attributive constructions functioning in Middle English poetic texts. The analysis of the identified attributive structures using a morphological approach is carried out. The main aim is to identify the types… read more here.
Keywords: types attributive; english poetry; attributive constructions; middle english ... See more keywords