English Auxiliaries
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English Auxiliaries

Structure and History

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English Auxiliaries

Structure and History

About this book

Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English syntax. Disagreement over both the principles and details of their grammar has been substantial. Anthony Warner here offers a detailed account of both their synchronic and diachronic properties. He first argues that lexical properties are central to their grammar, which is relatively non-abstract. He then traces in detail the history of processes of grammaticalisation in their development and claims most notably that we can identify a group of auxiliaries in English from an early period on formal, not just semantic, grounds. This book meets the dual challenge of accounting for both the grammar and the history of the English auxiliary. It will be essential reading for all those interested in English syntax and its history.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication
  6. Preface
  7. List of abbreviations and references to primary texts
  8. 1 Basic properties of English auxiliaries
  9. 2 The morphosyntactic independence of auxiliaries
  10. 3 A formal interlude: the grammar of English auxiliaries
  11. 4 Distinguishing auxiliaries and verbs in early English
  12. 5 Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English: sentence-level syntax
  13. 6 Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English: further properties of 'modals'
  14. 7 The developing modal semantics of early English 'modals'
  15. 8 The status of modals and auxiliaries before Modern English
  16. 9 Auxiliaries in early Modern English and the rise of do
  17. 10 Conclusions
  18. Notes
  19. References
  20. Index of scholars cited
  21. General index