Johnson Judith Anne. A transformational analysis of the syntax of Ælfric’s Lives of saints

De Gruyter Mouton, 1975. — 113 p. — (Janua Linguarum. Series Practica 212).Introductory and advanced studies of Old English grammar often suggest, briefly, that the syntax of Old English is very similar to the syntax of Modern English, but rarely do they pursue the point and indicate the precise extent of the similarity. Rather, they concentrate on those structures in Old English texts which are different from the structures of Modern English, and, thus, they effectively mask the fact that the similarities far outnumber the differences.