The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of English (C750-1710) - Publications of the Philological Society

In the history of English at least five verbs have been found to mean 'need': þurfan, beþurfan, 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 theory Spans the period c.750 to 1710, adopting a corpus-based approach to study the verbs diachronically Explores the evolution of necessity meanings in English, identifying regular semantic changes and challenging some well-established statements Provides a detailed grammaticalization analysis, paying attention to the different Present-Day-English modal classes, including marginal and emerging modals

ISBN:	9781405192705
Publisher:	Wiley
Imprint:	Wiley Blackwell
Published date:	18 Sep 2009
DEWEY:	422
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	273
Weight:	410g
Height:	228mm
Width:	149mm
Spine width:	7mm

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