Asking Why Exactly 'Them,' 'These,' and 'Those'

Author / Editor
Grzaga, Joachim.

Title
Asking Why Exactly 'Them,' 'These,' and 'Those'

Published
NOWELE 36 (2000): 113-20.

Description
Analyzes the development of th- forms of pronouns (as opposed to h- forms), suggesting that they have less to do with Scandinavian influence than with linguistic generalization and assimilation.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies.