Killie, Kristin: Early Modern English Subject ModifiersThe focus of the present study is the subject modifier in sentences like She sadly read the letter. In this type of construction Present English (i. e. 20th century English) seems to prefer adverbs; it appears, however, that historically other elements are used as well. It has been claimed that the Early Modern English period (c. 1500 1700) is generally a transitional period in terms of adverbial usage. The present study tries to determine whether