Verb-final conjunct clauses in Old English prose
The role of Latin in translated texts
The aim of this study is to analyse intertextual differences in the use of V-final order in Old English conjunct
clauses and to determine to what extent the source of these differences may be Latin influence. The analysis reveals that the
frequency of V-final order in OE conjuncts is rather limited in most texts, and Bede’s Historia Ecclesiastica
surfaces as the text in which the frequency of V-final conjunct clauses is exceptionally high. The study shows that the regular
use of V-final order in Bede may be interpreted as a translation effect, with Latin inflating the frequency of the pattern in
conjunct clauses, which means that the frequency of V-final conjunct clauses in early OE translations may not reflect native
tendencies.
Article outline
- 1.Conjunct clauses and the verb-final order
- 2.Methodology
- 3.Intertextual differences
- 4.Bede and translation effects
- 5.Conclusion
- Notes
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