Theme: Syntax in Old English

Theme: Syntax in Old English.

Content

Introduction………………………………...……………………………2

1. 
   General Characteristics of Old English………………..….…….....4
   
2. 
   The Phrase. Noun, Adjective and Verb Patterns………….………..7
   
3. 
   The syntactic structure of a language………….………….....…..10
   
   1. 
      General characteristics of language structure in OE…..….11
      
   2. 
      The structure of OE sentence…………………………..….12
      
4. 
   Syntactic functions of the infinitive and participle in Old English…………………………………………………………….15
   
5. 
   Peculiarities of OE syntax…………………………………..……16
   
   1. 
      The Simple Sentence………………………………………22
      
   2. 
      Predicative Constructions…………………………………24
      
   3. 
      Compound and Complex Sentences……………………….26
      

Conclusion…………………………………………….………………..28

Bibliography…………………………………………………….……30

Introduction

Before making the investigation in this course work I should give some notions on its organization structure.