| Preface |
S. VII |
| Abbreviations |
S. IX |
| |
| I. |
Introduction |
S. 1 |
| 1. |
Research on Middle English Syntax |
S. 1 |
| 2. |
Theoretical Framework |
S. 4 |
| 3. |
Axiomatic Functionalism |
S. 6 |
| 4. |
The Place of Syntax in Axiomatic Functionalism |
S. 11 |
| 5. |
Syntactic Relations |
S. 13 |
| 6. |
Data Base |
S. 20 |
| 7. |
Descriptive Method |
S. 22 |
| II. |
Compulsory Constituents of Early Middle English Clauses |
S. 24 |
| 1. |
The Active Verbal Syntagm |
S. 24 |
| 2. |
The Copulative Syntagm |
S. 42 |
| 3. |
The Passive Syntagm |
S. 47 |
| III. |
Nominal Syntagms |
S. 53 |
| 1. |
The Substantival Syntagm |
S. 53 |
| 2. |
The Adjectival Syntagm |
S. 73 |
| 3. |
The Pronominal Syntagm |
S. 78 |
| IV. |
Functional Syntagms |
S. 84 |
| 1. |
The Prepositional Syntagm |
S. 84 |
| 2. |
The Conjunctional Syntagm |
S. 86 |
| 3. |
The Comparative Syntagm |
S. 90 |
| 4. |
The Genitival Syntagm |
S. 94 |
| V. |
The Predicative Syntagm |
S. 98 |
| 1. |
Syntactic Properties of Predicative Syntagms |
S. 98 |
| 2. |
ICs of Predicative Syntagms |
S. 108 |
| 3. |
Types of Predicative Syntagms |
S. 116 |
| VI. |
The Clause |
S. 137 |
| 1. |
Nucleus |
S. 137 |
| 2. |
Expansions |
S. 137 |
| VII. |
Functional Constructions |
S. 155 |
| 1. |
Infinitive Constructions |
S. 155 |
| 2. |
Relative Constructions |
S. 161 |
| 3. |
Participial Constructions |
S. 168 |
| VIII. |
Conjunctive Constructions |
S. 172 |
| IX. |
Syntagms with Coordinated ICs |
S. 179 |
| X. |
Syntagms with Interordinated ICs |
S. 184 |
| 1. |
The Passive Syntagm |
S. 184 |
| 2. |
The Syntactic Type ure iwil us is loð to lete |
S. 184 |
| 3. |
The Syntactic Type þe bet … þ bet |
S. 186 |
| |
| Appendix I: Data Base |
S. 188 |
| Appendix II |
S. 191 |
| 1. |
Verbs which only Combine with ‘habben’ in ‘tense’ Position |
S. 191 |
| 2. |
Verbs which only Combine with ‘ben’ in ‘tense’ Position |
S. 193 |
| Appendix III: Descriptive Models |
S. 195 |
| Bibliography |
S. 200 |
| Name Index |
S. 209 |
| Key Word Index |
S. 211 |