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Comparative Inversion: A Diachronic Study Remus Gergel Universität Tübingen Englisches Seminar, Wilhelmstr. 50, D- 72074 Tübingen, Germany Tel: +49-707 1-2978462 Fax : +49-707 1-295760 email: remus.gergel@uni-tuebingen.de Abstract By capitalizing on insight gained from the syntax of early English, comparative inversion reveals itself as a simpler process than is standardly assumed, viz. simpler than moving the finite verbal element to the C(omp)-domain in conjunction with subj ect movement to Spec,TP . An archaic option in the grammar allows the subj ect to st