WEEK 7

• Discussion of last week's assignment: comparison of three reviews of Emonds & Faarlund's proposal.

• The tone and structure of a well-written review (as opposed to sloppy disparagement).
  

• The reviewer's capital sin: inaccurate presentation of the proposals under review (and criticism thereof).

• More on OV and VO orders in the history of English:  what one can infer from the data, and what one can NOT infer from them.
  

ASSIGNMENT:
Emonds & Faarlund's proposal received some attention in the general press. Search the web for presentations of their hypothesis aimed at the general public (try to find as many as possible), and compare them with the reviews we have examined.