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.
| ISBN: | 9780521103213 |
| Publication date: | 19th March 2009 |
| Author: | Anthony R Warner |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 308 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics |
| Genres: |
Grammar, syntax and morphology Historical and comparative linguistics |
Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English syntax. Disagreement over both the principles and details of their grammar has been substantial.
English Auxiliaries features in the following genres: Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics
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English Auxiliaries was written by Anthony R Warner and published by Cambridge University Press
English Auxiliaries has 308 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in Linguistics series
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