book chapters and other articles
“Jespersen’s Cycle and the Expansion of Periphrastic do in English”.
This paper revisits Jespersen’s Cycle of negation. While most studies on this famous theory concentrate on the shift from ne V through ne V not to V not, the present study focuses on the later development of negative constructions in English, namely the shift from V not to do not V (and subsequently to don’t V).
“For and Because: A Comparative Study of Causal Conjunctions in Caxton’s Paris and Vienne and Three French Versions of the Same Text”
This article discusses the causal conjunctions for and because in Paris and Vienne, which Caxton translated from French into Middle English, analyzing the relationship between his text and some possibly related French ones.
“The Spelling and Syntax of Doubt in Early Modern English: Variation and Latin Influence”
This is an article included in Langauge Contact and Variation in the History of English, edited by M. Uchida, Y. Iyeiri and L. Schourup. It explores the word doubt, both nominal and verbal, in seven published books by Sir Thomas More.
“Recent Changes in the Use of the Verb Forbid”.
This paper explores the complementation patterns of the verb forbid in contemporary English. Based on the analysis of BAWE and the 2001 issues of two British newspapers, it demonstrates to what extent the –ing construction has been established with this verb in today’s English.
“Joseph Power’s Note Attached to Earl Rivers’s English Translation of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers“
This is a short paper on Joseph Power’s note attached to Earl Rivers’s English Translation of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers (British Library). It includes the transcription of the text.
“Two Modern Notes Attached to Earl Rivers’s English Translation of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers”
This short paper makes a concise survey of previous research into Earl Rivers’s English translation of The Dictes and Sayings of the Philosophers and provides our transcription of the notes attached to: one of the John Rylands copies of the Dictes and MS Additional 22718, British Library.
“Negation and Speech Style in Professional American English”
This paper explores various negative constructions in the Corpus of Spoken Professional American English (CSPAE) with a particular focus on their different behaviours in the four settings: White House, Faculty meetings, committee of mathematics and committee of reading.