Middle English Verbs of Emotion and Impersonal Constructions —— Verb Meaning and Syntax in Diachrony

----- 情绪中级英语动词与客观解释: 动词含义与历时分析句法

ISBN: 9780199947157 出版年：2014 页码：311 Miura, Ayumi Oxford University Press

With a careful use of dictionary materials and modern linguistic approaches, this book investigates why some Middle English verbs of emotion are attested in impersonal constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. A range of factors are identified that affected their behaviour.