The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of English (c750-1710) Paperback / softback
by Lucia (Universitat de les Illes Balears, Spain) Loureiro-Porto
Part of the Publications of the Philological Society series
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In the history of English at least five verbs have been found to mean 'need': thurfan, bethurfan, need, behove and mister.
By adopting a corpus-based approach, this book studies all of them diachronically, from the origins of the language (c.750) to the end of the early Modern English period (1710). Offers a detailed analysis of the meaning of these five verbs which have been found to mean 'need', filling a gap in the literature on modality and shedding new light on grammaticalization theorySpans the period c.750 to 1710, adopting a corpus-based approach to study the verbs diachronicallyExplores the evolution of necessity meanings in English, identifying regular semantic changes and challenging some well-established statementsProvides a detailed grammaticalization analysis, paying attention to the different Present-Day-English modal classes, including marginal and emerging modals
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/09/2009
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- ISBN:9781405192705
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:292 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:18/09/2009
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405192705
