Langbeschreibung
Anthony Warner offers a detailed account of both the synchronic and diachronic properties of auxiliaries.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface; 1. Basic properties of English auxiliaries; 2. The morphosyntactic independence of auxiliaries; 3. A formal interlude: the grammar of English auxiliaries; 4. Distinguishing auxiliaries and verbs in early English; 5. Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English sentence-level syntax; 6. Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English: further properties of 'modals'; 7. The developing modal semantics of early English 'modals'; 8. The status of modals and auxiliaries before Modern English and the rise of do; 9. Conclusions; Notes; References; Indexes.