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displayed below for the purpose of comparison:
Clauses in which forms of witen is not followed by an
interrogative
me/not I ne me. . .notl not I - I Totalsi
Inever,no I - I + I I + I I
Clauses in which forms of witen is not followed by an
I interrogative I
1PM (Lamb) I 2 I I I I I 2 I
1PM (Trin)l 2 I I I I I 2 I
IPM(Dgb)i 41 I I I 41
I0&N I 4 I 2 I I I I 6 I
IKH I ii I I ii
SIll 3 9 I 7 J 1 1 20 1
ITotals of 15 I 12 I 7 I 1 I 35 I
I Group1 (42.970fl_(34.37)(_(20.0%)I_(2.9%)c
IHavelok 1 I 1 I I I I 2 I
JG&E ) 1) 5) / 2/ 8/
IWS I 4 I 3 1 1 l 8 l
IFerumbrasl I 2 I I I 1 I 3
IKA 3 I 10 I I I I 13 I
IA&[) I_I _______ .1 _______ _______ I
ITotals ofl 8 I 17 5 I 4 34 I
I Group2 I_( 23.5%)[ (50.0%) (14.7%)J (11.8%) _______ I
IEMH I ii 3 41
1CM I ii I 7 3 lii
ICA I 5I ii I 41 15 251
IHS I 1 I I I 4 I 3 I 8 I
IGGK I I I I I 1 I 1 I
kMA I 1 I I I 2 I 1 I 4 I
lOT I I I I 7 I 2 I 9 I
ISMA I 21 ii I ii 11 51
Ilotals ofl 10 I 2 I 1 I 28 I 26 I 67 I
I Group3 I_( 14.9%)I_(3.0%)1_(1.5%)1_(41.8)1_(38.8%1
I Cf. The whole sample of Groups 1, 2, and 3 I
I Group 1 I 675 I 924 I 505 I 16 I 44 I 2164 I
I I (31.2%)I (42.7%)I (23.3%)I (O.7%)I (2.o%fl
I Group 2 I 566 I 655 I 295 I 253 I 434 I 2203 I
I I (25.7%)I (29.7%)I (13.4%)I (11.5%)I (19.7%)I
I Group 3 I 424 I 137 I 112 I 1639 I 2704 I 5016 I
I (8.5%)I (2.7%)I (2.2%)l (32.7%)I (53.9%)!
A contrastive analysis of the above two tables reveals that forms of
witen followed by an interrogative display a stronger tendency to
employ ne alone than those not followed by an interrogative, and this
is observed not merely in late ME texts as already pointed out in
existing studies but also in texts with early characteristics.
Furthermore, not only is ne preferred to ne ... not and not, but also
never, no, etc. are only sparingly employed in the present syntactic
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