「#5565. 中英語期，目的語を従える動名詞の構造6種」 ([2024-07-22-1]) で取り上げたように，動名詞の統語論については，発達過程において様々な語順やパターンがあり得た．
今回は Visser を参照し，-ing 形に意味上の主語が明示される場合と，意味上の目的語が明示される場合について，歴史的な統語パターンを挙げたい．各パターンについて，Visser が節を立てているので，その目次 (Vol. 2, xiii--xiv) を掲げるのが早い．ただし，Visser が取り上げているのは -ing 形に関する事例であり，動名詞のみならず現在分詞の例も含まれていることに注意が必要である．
THE SUBJECT OF THE FORM IN -ING
Type 'They doubted the truth of the boy's being dead'
Type 'It's a curious thing your saying that'
Type 'From the arysing of the sonne'
Type 'At the sun rising'
Type 'I hope it's all right me coming in'
Type 'Everybody was talking about you going over there'
Type 'They knew about it being so serious'
Type 'Don't talk of there being no one to help'
THE OBJECT OF THE FORM IN -ING
A. Object before the form in -ing
Type 'Thou desirest the kynges mordryng'
Type 'Excuse his throwing into the water'
Type 'Restrayne yow of vengeance taking'
Type 'To þi broþur burieng fare''
Type 'Hope-giving phrases'; 'his heart-percing dart'
Type 'The maner of þis arke-making'
Type 'His love-making struck us as unconvincing'
Type 'To be present at the iudgement geuing'
Type 'In dyteys-making she bare the pryse'
B. Object after the form in -ing
Type 'A daye was limited for justifying of the bill'
Type 'Wenches sitt in the shade syngyng of ballads'
Type 'He went prechynge cristes lay'
Type 'I slow Sampsoun in shakynge the piler'
'The reading the book' versus 'the reading of the book'
動名詞の統語論と関連して，先日の Voicy heldio の配信回2つも参照．
・ 「#1150. 動名詞の統語論とその歴史 --- His/Him speaking Japanese surprised us all.」
・ 「#1151. 動名詞の統語論はさまざまだった」
・ Visser, F. Th. An Historical Syntax of the English Language. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1963--1973.
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