Abstract
The construction studied in this article represents indirect passive causation (cf. the corresponding Present-Day English construction of the type I had my shoes repaired. The entire habban material found in the Dictionary of Old English Corpus yields 19 (20) causative habban instances. After a look at the diachronic and dialectal breakdown of the data, the discussion focuses on syntactic and semantic features of the construction. The article concludes with a discussion of the origin of the construction.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Comparative Studies in Early Germanic Languages : With a focus on verbal categories |
| Editors | Gabriele Diewald, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka and Ilse Wischer |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Place of Publication | Amsterdam |
| Publisher | John Benjamins, Amsterdam/Philadelphia |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 101-125 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789027206053 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789027271457 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in conference proceedings |
| Event | International Conference on English Historical Linguistics - Pécs, Hungary Duration: 1 Jan 1800 → … Conference number: 16 |
Publication series
| Name | Studies in language companion |
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| Number | 138 |
Fields of Science
- 6121 Languages