The Old English case system : : case and argument structure constructions /

The Old English case system : : case and argument structure constructions / / by Kirsten Middeke.

"The Old English Case System. Case and Argument Structure Constructions by Kirsten Middeke is a Construction Grammar account of Old English argument structure that integrates modern cognitive corpus linguistics and traditional philological work. This is the first major study on Old English morp...

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Middeke, Kirsten,
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: And gefnms thone tōth
  • Not balanced: the database
  • Theoretical preliminaries
  • Origins, wholes, stimuli-and aspect? The genitive
  • Place, time and manner: the instrumental
  • Recipients and addressees, beneficiaries and experiencers: the dative
  • Patients, targets, direct objects? The accusative
  • Affectees: oblique case and impersonal constructions
  • Agent, topic, subject? The nominative
  • Synthesis and theoretical implications.

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