@article{oai:icu.repo.nii.ac.jp:00002629,
 author = {Moriya, Yasuyo},
 journal = {語学研究, ICU Language Research Bulletin},
 month = {Feb},
 note = {AA11036468, This essay examines the formulaic expression, “as the book says” in
Middle English (ME) alliterative verse. Occupying the entire second
half-line and being free from the alliteration constraint in its final
metrical beat, the clause provides a useful device to meet the metrical
requirements as well as to increase the credibility of the source from
which the poet adapted the story. Various examples that include “as
the book says” and similar expressions suggest that the underlying
structure of recurring phrases in the first half-line is lexical while that
in the second half-line is syntactic. The ME alliterative poets do not
rely on prefabricated phrases but use similar collocation patterns in
order to increase repetitive mode in alliterative verse.},
 pages = {1--14},
 title = {"As the Book Says" and Similar Expressions in Middle English Alliterative Verse},
 volume = {22},
 year = {2008}
}