Emerging English Modals

A Corpus-Based Study of Grammaticalization

von Manfred G. Krug

346 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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 Ε–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.

• Reihe: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL]
• ISBN: 9783110166545
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 21.08.2000
• Genre: Sprachwissenschaft, Literaturwissenschaft/Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft
• Verlag: de Gruyter Mouton