Anthony R. Warner

English Auxiliaries

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Produktbeschreibung

Anthony Warner offers a detailed account of both the synchronic and diachronic properties of auxiliaries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9780521103213
• ISBN-10: 0521103215
• Artikelnr.: 25853331

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Basic properties of English auxiliaries
2. The morphosyntactic independence of auxiliaries
3. A formal interlude: the grammar of English auxiliaries
4. Distinguishing auxiliaries and verbs in early English
5. Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English sentence-level syntax
6. Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English: further properties of 'modals'
7. The developing modal semantics of early English 'modals'
8. The status of modals and auxiliaries before Modern English and the rise of do
9. Conclusions
Notes
References
Indexes.