SYNTAX IN OLD ENGLISH. COMPOUND AND COMPLEX SENTENCES.
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In this article I tried to give some information about syntax in old English and its history, compound and complex sentences in old English and old English vocabulary. Old English was a highly synthetic language. It had a well-developed system of grammatical forms, which indicate the connection between words. It was originally a spoken language; therefore the written forms of the language resembled oral speech – unless the texts were literal translations from Latin. Consequently, the syntax of the sentence was relatively simple. Coordination of clauses prevailed over subordination and complicated syntactical structures were rare.
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