“The split infinitive is one of seven syntactic properties that English is said to share with Old Norse, and I will show that, on the basis of the area and date of its first occurrence, Norse origin is unlikely.”
van Gelderen, E. (2016). Split Infinitives in Early Middle English. Language Dynamics and Change 6, 1, 18-20, Available From: Brill https://doi.org/10.1163/22105832-00601003 [Accessed 07 July 2024]
What are good articles (if any) about the relation of (Balto-)Slavic instrumental predicatives to cvi-/gúhā-construction in Sanskrit and Latin rubefaciō?
Is there something looking deeper at the BSl. side (rather than from Skrt. perspective, only mentioning BSl. in passing)?
(Looking for some IE #syntax reading more interesting than a millionth take on “default IE word order”)
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