Dr Cynthia L. Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Australian National University. She is co-editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics, and author of Topics in Diachronic English Syntax (1980).

Fruitful interaction between historical linguistics and linguistic theory is rarely the aim and even more rarely achieved ... Allen's work is a remarkable exception. It is her avowed intention to bring together the methodology, assumptions and principles of the two disciplines, to show that each can benefit from the other. This she does with signal success. Allen presents a careful and detailed examination of changes in case marking and claimed relationships to syntactic changes. This in itself is valuable and significant. More investigation ... a rewarding blend of descriptive rigour and theoretical insight.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. An Overview of Old English Syntax ; 3. Case Marking and the Experiencer Verbs in Old English ; 4. The Syntax of the Experiencer Verbs in Old English ; 5. The Loss of Case Marking ; 6. The Development of the Experiencer Verbs ; 7. Explaining the Demise of the Preposed Dative Experiencer ; 8. Change in Passives: Single Objects ; 9. Changes in Passives: Verbs with More than One Object-like Argument ; 10. Conclusion ; Appendices

Dr Cynthia L. Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Australian National University. She is co-editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics, and author of Topics in Diachronic English Syntax (1980).

Fruitful interaction between historical linguistics and linguistic theory is rarely the aim and even more rarely achieved ... Allen's work is a remarkable exception. It is her avowed intention to bring together the methodology, assumptions and principles of the two disciplines, to show that each can benefit from the other. This she does with signal success. Allen presents a careful and detailed examination of changes in case marking and claimed relationships to syntactic changes. This in itself is valuable and significant. More investigation ... a rewarding blend of descriptive rigour and theoretical insight.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. An Overview of Old English Syntax ; 3. Case Marking and the Experiencer Verbs in Old English ; 4. The Syntax of the Experiencer Verbs in Old English ; 5. The Loss of Case Marking ; 6. The Development of the Experiencer Verbs ; 7. Explaining the Demise of the Preposed Dative Experiencer ; 8. Change in Passives: Single Objects ; 9. Changes in Passives: Verbs with More than One Object-like Argument ; 10. Conclusion ; Appendices

Dr Cynthia L. Allen is a Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Australian National University. She is co-editor of the Australian Journal of Linguistics, and author of Topics in Diachronic English Syntax (1980).

Fruitful interaction between historical linguistics and linguistic theory is rarely the aim and even more rarely achieved ... Allen's work is a remarkable exception. It is her avowed intention to bring together the methodology, assumptions and principles of the two disciplines, to show that each can benefit from the other. This she does with signal success. Allen presents a careful and detailed examination of changes in case marking and claimed relationships to syntactic changes. This in itself is valuable and significant. More investigation ... a rewarding blend of descriptive rigour and theoretical insight.

• 1. Introduction ; 2. An Overview of Old English Syntax ; 3. Case Marking and the Experiencer Verbs in Old English ; 4. The Syntax of the Experiencer Verbs in Old English ; 5. The Loss of Case Marking ; 6. The Development of the Experiencer Verbs ; 7. Explaining the Demise of the Preposed Dative Experiencer ; 8. Change in Passives: Single Objects ; 9. Changes in Passives: Verbs with More than One Object-like Argument ; 10. Conclusion ; Appendices