This article examines the interplay between information structure and word order in Old English separable complex verbs, the precursors of Present-Day English Verb-Particle Combinations (VPCs). Studies of Present-Day English VPCs (e.g. Dehé 2002; Gries 1999, 2002, 2003) and Middle English and… read more
This article elucidates the synchronic and diachronic status of English light verbs. In doing so, it contributes to the debate on the status of light verbs cross-linguistically. Synchronically, light verbs appear to straddle the boundary between lexical and functional categories. This has led to… read more