Frederik Theodor Visser's An Historical Syntax of the English Language, published in four massive volumes between 1963 and 1973, is certainly one of the corners

The aim of this study is to provide an outline of the development, from the earliest times to the present day, of all the English syntatical constructions with

This study brings together many of the resources needed for the exploration of English historical syntax and deals with many of the important changes in English