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Appendix (Fischer 1994a)A1 A2object inf. object sense object subj. HAVEobject inf. object sense object subj.of HAVE wh- / quasi of in- infinitive wh- / quasi of inperiodonly topic DO negat. object oblig. NEDE anim object topic DO negat. object oblig. NEDE animHO1HO2 2 (1 1 1HO3 1 1 2 1HO4HM1 6 1(1) (1) 9 (1(1) 2 (1) (1HM2 3 1 (1 3 (1) 2 (1)HM3 18 2 (2 1(2) 1(2) 33 (1 2(1) 2 5(2) (1)HM4 15 (1) (1) (1 1 26 (2 2HE1 19 1 1 39 (1 1 4 1 (5HE2 17 1 (1 1 50 (1 3(2) 2(2) (4HE3 20 1 75 (2 1 6 2Notes:1 The letters A1, A2, A3 and B in the column headings correspond to the letters used in (16). The numbers given here represent totals. The subcolumns following the maincolumns (main columns are distinguished by double lines, subcolumns by single ones) indicate the number of each type of construction within the total given. Numbersgiven in round brackets represent constructions which belong in more than one subcolumn. Thus, for example, in period HM4 a negative object is attested once withconstruction A1, but the negative object example also shows a feature of another subcolumn, which in this case can only be the example in the subcolumn ‘infinitiveDO’.So one out of the 15 instance has a negative object and DO as infinitive.2 The heading ‘quasi object’ includes nouns indicating time or space, but also prepositional objects.