For a good orientation into the history of English grammar, several books are indispensable. One of those is Mustanoja s A Middle English Syntax. However, for a long time this work was not readily available; the present edition changes that. This is a fac simile reprint from the 1960 publication which appeared as volume XXIII in Memoires de la Societe Neophilologique de Helsinki, with a new Introduction by Elly van Gelderen. Compared to Old English, Middle English has fewer grammars and textbooks devoted to it. This book provides an interesting supplement by going deeper into...
For a good orientation into the history of English grammar, several books are indispensable. One of those is Mustanoja s A Middle English Syntax
