Historical Development of Auxiliaries.
Harris, Martin.
Historical Development of Auxiliaries. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (376 pages) - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series ; v.35 . - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series .
Intro -- Section (a): General Problems -- Introductory Paper -- From Auxiliary to Desinence -- Copula Auxiliarization: How and Why? -- Auxiliaries and Ergative Splits: A Typological Parameter -- Section (b): Germanic Languages -- The Auxiliarization of the English Modals: A Functional Grammar View -- On the Use of the Modal Auxiliaries Indicating 'Possibility' in Early American English -- Semantic Change in Modal Auxiliaries as a Result of Speech Act Embedding -- Syntactic and Semantic Change Within the Modal Systems of English and Afrikaans (Discussion Paper) -- Section (c): Romance Languages -- The Strategy and Chronology of the Development of Future and Perfect Tense Auxiliaries in Latin -- Syntactic Restructuring in the Evolution of Romance Auxiliaries -- The Interaction of Periphrasis and Inflection: Some Romance Examples -- The Evolution of Romance Auxiliaries: Criteria and Chronology (Discussion Paper) -- Section (d): 'Exotic' Languages -- Auxiliaries in Khotanese -- The Development of the AUX-category in Pidgins and Creoles: The Case of the Resultative-perfective and its Relation to Anteriority -- AUX in Basque -- Auxiliaries in 'Exotic' Languages (Discussion Paper) -- Subject Index -- Index of Names -- Index of Languages.
No detailed description available for "Historical Development of Auxiliaries".
9783110856910
Electronic books.
P281 -- .H57 1987eb
415
Historical Development of Auxiliaries. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (376 pages) - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series ; v.35 . - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] Series .
Intro -- Section (a): General Problems -- Introductory Paper -- From Auxiliary to Desinence -- Copula Auxiliarization: How and Why? -- Auxiliaries and Ergative Splits: A Typological Parameter -- Section (b): Germanic Languages -- The Auxiliarization of the English Modals: A Functional Grammar View -- On the Use of the Modal Auxiliaries Indicating 'Possibility' in Early American English -- Semantic Change in Modal Auxiliaries as a Result of Speech Act Embedding -- Syntactic and Semantic Change Within the Modal Systems of English and Afrikaans (Discussion Paper) -- Section (c): Romance Languages -- The Strategy and Chronology of the Development of Future and Perfect Tense Auxiliaries in Latin -- Syntactic Restructuring in the Evolution of Romance Auxiliaries -- The Interaction of Periphrasis and Inflection: Some Romance Examples -- The Evolution of Romance Auxiliaries: Criteria and Chronology (Discussion Paper) -- Section (d): 'Exotic' Languages -- Auxiliaries in Khotanese -- The Development of the AUX-category in Pidgins and Creoles: The Case of the Resultative-perfective and its Relation to Anteriority -- AUX in Basque -- Auxiliaries in 'Exotic' Languages (Discussion Paper) -- Subject Index -- Index of Names -- Index of Languages.
No detailed description available for "Historical Development of Auxiliaries".
9783110856910
Electronic books.
P281 -- .H57 1987eb
415