『Holy Maidenhood』의 for-to-V의 문법적 기능과 의미

The purpose of this paper is to examine what grammatical functions and meanings the for-to-V construction possessed in the early Middle English religious prose Holy Maidenhood (original title: Hali Meiðhad). It has been claimed that the for-to-V construction arose in the early Middle English period. From the 19 examples containing for-to-V sequences in Holy Maidenhood, it is found that they could have diverse grammatical functions such as subject, complement, and adjunct, and various meanings other than ‘purpose.’ These findings are against Jespersen s(1909-49, V) and Mustanoja s (1960) arguments that the for-to-V construction originally expressed ‘purpose.’