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TY  - CHAP
T2  - Nakagawa, Studies in Modern English: The Thirtieth Anniversary Publication of the Modern English Association
SP  - 153-68
ID  - bbbc2159
T1  - "The Which in Shakespeare Revisited"
AU  - Shota Kikuchi
PY  - 2013
DA  - 2013
KW  - syntax, grammar, linguistics
LA  - English
AB  - Examines Shakespeare's use phrase "the which" as opposed to "which," paying "particular attention not only to grammatical functions, but also to extralinguistic factors such as genre, date of composition, medium (verse/prose), and sociolinguistic backgrounds of the fictional characters (gender, social class, and age)." Ultimately finds little correlation between use of "the which" and genre or sociolinguistic factors, but does prove a connection between the phrase and the date of composition and medium. English summary, 153.
ER  -