Coordinating and Subordinating Conjunctions in Five Genres Across the History of English.

This article analyzes the frequency of three clause-level coordinating conjunctions, and, but, and or, in addition to a wide range of subordinating conjunctions across the Transhistorical Corpus of Written English (TCWE). This resource includes five genres covering seven centuries: sermons and statu...

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Published in:	Journal of English Linguistics Vol. 54; no. 2; pp. 141 - 172
Main Authors:	Marcus, Imogen, Maden-Weinberger, Ursula
Format:	Article
Published:	Sage Publications Inc. Jun2026
Subjects:	Conjunctions (Grammar) Variation in language Linguistic change Instant messaging software Corpora Historical linguistics
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost