Ogura Michiko. Verbs in Medieval English: Differences in Verb Choice in Verse and Prose

Mouton de Gruyter, 1995. — 283 p. — (Topics in English Linguistics). — ISBN 3110144263, 9783110144260.The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.Table of abbreviations
Texts examined
Introduction to verbal syntax
Inflections
Streng verbs
Weakverbs
Preterit-present verbs
Anomalous verbs
Distinct forms of verbs
Present forms
Preterit forms
Infinitives — simple and inflected
Participles
Imperatives
Subjunctives
Morphological ambiguity
Theending-e
The endings -an, -on, and -en
The endings -af), -iajj, and -e/?
(Late Old English and Middle English pl)
Distinctive features of verbs
Intransitive and transitive
Copulas
'Impersonal' verbs
Verbs with genitive (including reflexive)
Verbs with dative (including 'impersonal'
and reflexive)
Verbs with accusative (including
'impersonal' and reflexive)
Verbs with genitive and dative (including
'impersonal' and reflexive)
Verbs with genitive and accusative
(including 'impersonal' and reflexive)
Verbs with dative and accusative
(including 'impersonal' and reflexive)
Verbs with accusative and accusative
(including 'impersonal' and reflexive)
Verbs with accusative and adverbial dative
Verbs with prepositional object
Verbs with Infinitive
Verbs with dependent clause
Conflicts between native verbs
Be-verbs (beon,wesan, [ge]weordan)
Verbs of motion (gan,faran,feran, gewitan)
Verbs of saying, commanding, bidding and asking
(cweÖan, secgan, tellan; [bejbeodan, hatan, uton; biddan, acsian, frignan)
Verbs of thinking and believing (hycgan, Jjencan, gefyencan, wenan; fultruwian, geliefan, geortruwian, truwian, belief an)
Verbs of knowing ([gejcnawan, ongitan, witan, oncnawan, understandan)
Verbs of seeing ([gejseon, locian, behealdan, [gejsceawian, hawian, wlitan)
Verbs of causing, making and allowing (don, Icetan, macian, fremman, wyrcan)
Verbs of getting and possessing (onfon, niman, [gejhealdan; habban, [njagan)
Verbs of Obligation and necessity (gedafenian, gerisan, sculan; purfan, bepurfan, neodian)
WeThsofhe\pmg(fylstan,fultumian,helpan)
Yerhs of teachmg(Iceran, tcecan)
Verbs of giving (syllan, giefan)
Verbs of killing and dying ([ajcwellan, [ofjslean; beon dead, deadian, sweltan)
Verbs of living and dwelling (libban, wunian, eardian,buan, dwellen)
Other verbs that show conflicts
Verbs of esteeming, praising, worshipping (weoröian, [gejeadmian, gebiddan, lofian, herg[i]an)
Gemetan and findan
Verbs of gathering ([gejsomnian,
[gejgadrian)
Verbs of opening (ontynan, openian)
Verbs of refusing, opposing, forbidding
(forsacan, wisacan,forbeodan, werian)
Verbs of hating (laöian, feogan, hatian) III
Verbs of deceiving (beswican, geswican, leogan)
Verbs of fearing (ondrcedan, drcedan, fylhtan)
Verbs of leading and bringing
([gejlcedan, [a-, ge-]teon, bringan)
Verbs of working (winnan, wyrcan, swincan)
Verbs of taking care and being anxious about (gieman, carian, behealdan, sorgian, beon gemyndig, ymbhycgan)
Verbs of building (tymbrian, arceran)
Verbs of listening, hearkening, Hearing (hlystan, heorcnian, hieran
S Conflicts between native verbs and loan verbs
A Native verbs vs Old Norse loans
Yerhs ofhappening (gelimpan, becuman, happen)
Verbs of saying (cleopian, callen)
Yerhs of thinking (Ijyncan, semen)
Verbs of gQtting (niman, taken)
Verbs of dreaming (mcetan, dremen)
Other verbs that show conflicts
Werhs of ihio^mg {sendan, [ge]weorl)an,casten)
Auxiliary verbs {gra, can/con/gan, do, make)
B Native verbs vs Anglo-French or Old French loans
Verbs of liking and disliking (cwemen, lician, lystan, plesen)
Verbs ofdouhting(tweo[ga]n,tweonian,douten)
Verbs of judgment (deman, juggen)
Verbs of remembering ([ge]myndi[g]an, mynegian, remembren)
Verbs of serving (pegnian, geembehtan, serven, ministren)
Other verbs that show conflicts
Verbs of enitr'mg (entren, comenigon)
Verbs of curing (gieman, lecnian, [gejhcelan)
Verbs of crymg(cleopian, crien)
Verbs of catching (cachfijer Iahte,claurede, clahte)
Verbs that became obsolete and archaic by the end of Middle English
The loss of prefixed verbs
The loss of poetic words
The influx of loan words
Resulting syntactic changes in Old and Middle English
Passive vs/nfl«-periphrasis and active
Transitive vs reflexive and/or intransitive
'Impersonal' vs personal
Simple vs periphrasis
Simple or prefixed verb vs phrasal verb
Simple verb vs 'verb + adjective/noun/participle'
Simple verb vs 'auxiliary + infinitive'Notes
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Appendix
Index of Old Eng