Download or read book Middle English Verbs of Emotion and Impersonal Constructions written by Ayumi Miura and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a careful use of dictionary materials and modern linguistic approaches, this book investigates why some Middle English verbs of emotion are attested in impersonal constructions while others are not, even though they look almost synonymous. A range of factors are identified that affected their behaviour.