This paper is intended to provide a study of the demonstrative pronouns this and that in the transition from Old English to Middle English (henceforth OE and ME) on both descriptive and quantitative bases. The Helsinki Corpus of English texts (Kytö 1991) has been explored in order to analyse how their uses expanded from 1150 to 1500 in terms of frequency.
A Corpus-based study of Middle English of Middle English Demonstrative Pronouns this and that
MAZZAFERRO, Gerardo
2008-01-01
Abstract
This paper is intended to provide a study of the demonstrative pronouns this and that in the transition from Old English to Middle English (henceforth OE and ME) on both descriptive and quantitative bases. The Helsinki Corpus of English texts (Kytö 1991) has been explored in order to analyse how their uses expanded from 1150 to 1500 in terms of frequency.
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