Corpus data for Early English modals

This dataset contains corpus material analysed for the PhD dissertation <i>Early English modals: Form, function, and analogy </i>by Sune Gregersen<i>. </i>The research project was carried out at the University of Amsterdam from 2015 to 2019 under the supervision of Prof. Olga Fischer.<br>The dissertation contains four interconnected studies on the development of the modals in Old English (<i>c.</i> AD 800–1100) and Middle English (<i>c.</i> AD 1100–1500). The corpus material in this dataset was used for these four studies. The data were gathered from a number of electronic corpora and repositories of Old and Middle English as well as historical and contemporary Danish texts.<br>The files in this dataset are organized into five folders. One of these (corpus) contains metadata. The remaining four folders (impersonal-modals, dare, can-may, mot) contain one or more files with concordances used for the four main chapters of the dissertation. The files are available in .xlsx and .csv format. For details about the analytical categories and information about the selection of material, please refer to the published dissertation.<br>

本数据集包含为苏恩·格雷格森（Sune Gregersen）的博士论文《早期英语情态动词：形式、功能与类比》（*Early English modals: Form, function, and analogy*）所分析的语料材料。该研究项目于2015年至2019年在阿姆斯特丹大学开展，由奥尔加·费舍尔教授（Olga Fischer）指导。
该博士论文包含四项相互关联的研究，探讨公元800年至1100年左右的古英语（Old English）以及公元1100年至1500年左右的中古英语（Middle English）中情态动词的发展脉络。本数据集的语料材料即用于这四项研究。数据采集自多个古英语、中古英语电子语料库（corpus）与资源库，以及历史与当代丹麦语文本。
本数据集的文件被划分为五个文件夹。其中一个命名为corpus的文件夹存储元数据（metadata）；剩余四个文件夹（分别为impersonal-modals、dare、can-may、mot）均包含一个或多个带有语料索引（concordances）的文件，用于支撑该博士论文的四个核心章节。上述文件提供.xlsx与.csv两种格式。若需了解分析类别与语料筛选规则的详细信息，请参阅已正式出版的该博士论文。