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149508 https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8804 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ All Rights Reserved 2010 ix, 78 p. : ill Masters Thesis Academic theses Text eng Mackowski, Catherine Gelderen, Elly van Adams, Karen Bjork, Robert Arizona State University Partial requirement for: M.A., Arizona State University, 2010 Includes bibliographical references (p. 59-60) Field of study: English I investigate how complementizers, which connect subordinate clauses to the main sentence, develop from other parts of speech, namely prepositions and adverbs. This occurs by the process of grammaticalization, in which a word loses lexicality and gains grammatical function instead. I use computer-based corpus analysis to determine how often certain words are used as each part of speech in my selected texts, and whether they are accompanied by other grammatical words. I use two Old English glosses of the Latin gospels, the Rushworth and Lindisfarne glosses, in order to analyze possible diachronic and geographical differences between the texts. I demonstrate that prepositions develop into adverbs and thence into complementizers with the assistance of certain grammatical accessory words which are later lost. This occurs by the process of reanalysis, in which the language user interprets a word or phrase differently than before. Language, Linguistics complementizers Grammaticalization Latin Old English reanalysis English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Grammaticalization. English language English language--Old English, ca. 450-1100--Syntax. Grammaticalization of complementizers in Old English glosses