Word Order in the ?

Giuseppe Pagliarulo (1)

1 Dipartimento di Scienze del Linguaggio e Letterature Moderne e Comparate

This article examines all instances of the independent use of passive and progressive periphrases in the . A classification of the relative positioning of their elements according to frequency and a consideration of the co-occurrence with various contextual variables, especially the presence of pronominal subjects, suggests that the word order of the text's language can be regarded as being predominantly of the OV type, while at the same time showing clear signs of evolution toward the more modern VO pattern.

Mots clés: Gospel; Anglo-Saxon; Northumbrian; Word-order; Auxiliaries

Giuseppe Pagliarulo. Word Order in the ?. Neophilologus, 2010, 94 (4), pp.625-635. ⟨10.1007/s11061-010-9209-1⟩. ⟨hal-00568392⟩