The Rise of Because in Middle English

Author / Editor
Molencki, RafaƂ.

Title
The Rise of Because in Middle English

Published
Masachiyo Amano, Michiko Ogura, and Masayuki Ohkado, eds. Historical Englishes in Varieties of Texts and Contexts: The Global COE Programme, International Conference 2007 (New York and Frankfurt am Main, 2008), pp. 201-15.

Description
Discusses the "sudden emergence" of and rapid growth in use of the "adverbial subordinator" because in Middle English writing, including the works of Chaucer.

Alternative Title
Historical Englishes in Varieties of Texts and Contexts: The Global COE Programme, International Conference 2007

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies