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050	0	0	_aPE597 _b.L67 2005
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100	1		_aLos, Bettelou, _eauthor. _91052478
245	1	4	_aThe rise of the to-infinitive / _cBettelou Los.
264		1	_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2005.
300			_axv, 335 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_aRevision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--1999.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 315-332) and index.
505	0	0	_gPart I. _tIntroduction -- _g1. _tIntroduction -- _gPart II. _tThe to-infinitive as GOAL -- _g2. _tThe Expression of Purpose in Old English -- _g3. _tThe to-infinitive as GOAL-argument -- _gPart III. _tThe to-infinitive as THEME -- _g4. _tIntention -- _g5. _tCommanding and Permitting -- _g6. _tCommissives -- _gPart IV. _tSyntactic Status -- _g7. _tIntroduction -- _g8. _tThe Changing Status of Infinitival to -- _gPart V. _tChanges in Middle English -- _g9. _tThe Rise of to-infinitival ECM -- _g10. _tInnocent Bystander: The Loss of the Indefinite Pronoun man -- _gPart VI. _tSummary and Conclusions -- _g11. _tSummary and Conclusions.
520	1		_a"This book describes the historical emergence and spread of the to-infinitive in English. It shows that to + infinitive emerged from a reanalysis of the preposition to plus a deverbal nominalization, which spread first to purpose clauses, then to other nonfinite environments. The book challenges the traditional reasoning that infinitives must have been nouns in Old English because they inflected for dative case and can follow prepositions. Dr. Los shows that, even as early as Old English, the to-infinitive was established in most of the environments in which it is found today. She argues that its spread was largely due to competition with subjunctive that-clauses, which it gradually replaced." "The exposition is clear and does not assume an up-to-date knowledge of generative theory. The book will appeal to the wide spectrum of scholars interested in the transformation from Old to Middle English, as well as those studying the processes and causes of syntactic change more generally."--BOOK JACKET.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aEnglish language _yMiddle English, 1100-1500 _xInfinitive.
650		0	_aEnglish language _yOld English, ca. 450-1100 _xInfinitive.
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