Format:
1 online resource
,
illustrations (black and white).
ISBN:
9780199373413
Series Statement:
Oxford studies in the history of English
Content:
This monograph presents the first comprehensive diachronic account of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle English. Loss of the high-frequency verb weorðan 'become' is explained as a result of changing word order in narrative during Middle English. The merger of is 'is' and bið 'shall be, is generally' into a single suppletive verb is related to the development of a general analytic future shall benally, the co-occurrence of multiple changes led to become and wax crossing a threshold of similarity with existing copulas, from which they analogically adopted full productivity.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2014)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780199373390
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780199373390
Additional Edition:
Druckausg. Petré, Peter Constructions and environments Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford Univ. Press, 2014 ISBN 9780199373390
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Altenglisch
;
Passiv
;
Mittelenglisch
;
Satzverbindung
DOI:
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199373390.001.0001
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