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      Split Infinitives in Early Middle English

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      Language Dynamics and Change
      Brill
      historical syntax, language contact, history of English, Germanic

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          Abstract

          The split infinitive is one of seven syntactic properties that English is said to share with Old Norse, and I will show that, on the basis of the area and date of its first occurrence, Norse origin is unlikely.

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          Journal
          22105832
          Language Dynamics and Change
          LDC
          Brill (The Netherlands )
          2210-5824
          2210-5832
          2016
          : 6
          : 1
          : 18-20
          Affiliations
          Arizona State University ellyvangelderen@ 123456asu.edu
          Article
          10.1163/22105832-00601003
          cfa3b1ff-9050-44b4-a945-ebf87554d2fe
          Copyright 2016 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands.
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          Social & Behavioral Sciences,Law
          historical syntax,language contact,history of English,Germanic
          Social & Behavioral Sciences, Law
          historical syntax, language contact, history of English, Germanic

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