A Descriptive Syntax of the Peterborough Chronicle from 1122-1154

✍ Scribed by David L. Shores

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 1971
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 228
• Series: Janua Linguarum. Series Practica; 103
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
List of Tables
1. Introduction
1.1. The Problem
1.2. The Text and Corpus
1.3. Importance of the Study
1.4. Related Research
1.5. Previous Studies of The Peterborough Chronicle
1.6. Edition of the Text
1.7. General Procedure of the Analysis
1.8. Explanation of Basic Concepts used in the Description
1.9. The Presentation of the Data
2. Primary Clause-Level Tagmemes
2.1. The Subject Tagmeme
2.2. The Predicator Tagmeme
2.3. The Direct Object Tagmeme
2.4. The Object Complement Tagmeme
2.5. The Indirect Object Tagmeme
2.6. The Subject Complement Tagmeme
2.7. General Conclusions
3. The Order of Primary Clause-Level Tagmemes
3.1. Group 1 (Subject and Predicator)
3.2. Group 2 (Subject, Predicator, and Direct Object)
3.3 Group 3 (Subject, Predicator, and Subject Complement)
3.4 Group 4 (Subject, Predicator, Indirect Object, and Direct Object)
3.5. Subjectless Clause Patterns
3.6. The Coordinated Predication Patterns
3.7. The Relative Order of Primary Tagmemes in Combinations of Two
3.8. General Conclusions
4. Secondary Clause-Level Tagmemes
4.1. Description of the Clause-Level Adverbial Tagmemes
4.2. Linear Ordering of Adverbial Tagmemes
4.3. General Conclusions
5. Modified-Head Phrases
5.1. Part I: The Adjectival Modifiers
5.2. The Modified-Noun Phrase
5.3. Other Modified-Head Phrases
5.4. Special Modifying Relationships
5.5. Part II: The Adverbial Modifiers
5.6. The Modified-Verb Phrase
5.7. Other Modified-Head Phrases
5.8. General Conclusions
6. The Relationship and Joining of Clauses
6.1. Types and Levels of Dependent Clauses
6.2. Functions of Dependent Clauses
6.3. The Parenthetical Clause
6.4. Coordination of T-units
6.5. Parataxis
6.6. Correlation
6.7. General Conclusions
7. Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Index