Pronoun innovation in Middle English

Rhona Alcorn

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Abstract

This paper reconsiders the history of two little-known third-person pronouns – 3pl. acc. his and 3sg. fem. acc. his – attested only during Middle English. Competing theories of their origins are evaluated and a novel account is proposed. The paper highlights an important gap in our understanding of the history of English oblique pronouns and supplies the most comprehensive description yet published of the distribution of these innovative forms.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-17
Number of pages17
JournalFolia Linguistica Historica
Volume36
Early online date31 Oct 2015
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Middle English
  • pronouns
  • innovation
  • variation
  • LAEME

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