{"product_id":"the-development-from-case-forms-to-prepositional-constructions-in-old-english-prose-9783039117635","title":"The Development from Case-Forms to Prepositional Constructions in Old English Prose","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Maurizio Gotti | Kiriko Sato\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe development from a synthetic to an analytic language is one of the most important topics in English historical syntax. This development is reflected in the gradual decrease of case-forms and the replacement of their functions with equivalent prepositional constructions. Focussing on the Old English period, when case-forms and prepositional constructions overlapped in various functions, this book aims to answer an unresolved question: was there a significant change in the use of case-forms and, alternatively, in the use of prepositions plus case-forms in contexts where both types were possible? The author makes a statistical comparison between prose texts written in the early Old English period and texts of the later Old English period; she also takes into account stylistic features of individual texts. Thus, this book addresses this Old English syntactic issue both from a historical and a stylistic perspective and shows the stages of development during the Old English period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47585463369879,"sku":"9783039117635","price":7748.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9783039117635.webp?v=1774960429","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-development-from-case-forms-to-prepositional-constructions-in-old-english-prose-9783039117635","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}