Emerging English Modals : A Corpus-Based Study of Grammaticalization
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
ISBN-10
3110166542
ISBN-13
9783110166545
Publisher
De Gruyter
Imprint
De Gruyter Mouton
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 21st, 2000
Print length
346 Pages
Weight
732 grams
Product Classification:
Grammar, syntax & morphologyGrammar, syntax and morphology
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This monograph provides a detailed account of the fundamental changes which have recently affected - and which are still affecting - the system of English auxiliaries.
This work is essentially based on grammaticalization theory – a branch of linguistics which has gained prominence since the 1980s. It focuses on the interaction between diachrony and synchrony, langue and parole or, for that matter, competence and performance, I–language and ?–language. It does not see these levels as distinct linguistic domains, as much structurally oriented work does. It is important for the present purposes that such an interactionist view entails that performance effects may over time cause new grammatical code relations. Hence the importance of statistical empirical research, which led the author to adopt a predominantly corpus-based approach.
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