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Attributive adjectives tend to precede nouns in English but this has not always been so. This paper explores the cases and causes por adjectives following nouns in Middle English.
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Why is it important?
It provides quantitative evidence for the causes of postposition and etymological reasons seem to be behind it.
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This page is a summary of: "Of Medicineз Sedatyueз": Some Notes on Adjective Position and Oral Register in Middle English Medical Texts, Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, January 2009, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.2478/v10121-009-0004-7.
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