The primary purpose of this paper is to descriptively analyze the syntactic aspects of the Old English version of the Blickling Homilies. Written in two hands in Old English, only a single manuscript exists today. Consisting of nineteen sermons that appear to be occasional pieces, corresponding to certain Sundays and Saints days in the liturgical calendar, the style of the Blickling Homilies is more popular than learned because of the less homogenous audience being addressed. The main concerns of this paper are focused on the description of syntactic structures, such as NP, VP, and PP, and some syntactic aspects are also discussed on passive, tense, extrapositon, etc.
1. Introduction
2. Syntactic Structures
3. Some Aspects of Syntax
4. Conclusion
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