From Simple Verbs to Periphrastic Expressions

Released on by Meiko Matsumoto
preview-18

  • From Simple Verbs to Periphrastic Expressions Book Detail

  • Author : Meiko Matsumoto
  • Release Date : 2008
  • Publisher : Peter Lang
  • Genre : Foreign Language Study
  • Pages : 248
  • ISBN 13 : 9783039116751
  • File Size : 61,61 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

From Simple Verbs to Periphrastic Expressions by Meiko Matsumoto PDF Summary

Book Description: English offers verbal expressions in two basic forms: simple verbs such as walk and look, and periphrastic expressions such as have/take a walk and have/take a look. Which do we use, why, and how do particular usages arise or disappear? This volume explores the historical development of two important periphrastic verbal constructions, composite predicates and phrasal verbs, as well as related expressions, from the viewpoint of English historical linguistics. The approach is descriptive and interpretive, encompassing rich and varied data from Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English, and Present Day English, from sources such as the Chadwyck-Healey electronic corpus databases. The history of English is characterized by the development from synthetic to analytic. The role of this tendency in the development of verbal expressions is of particular interest.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own From Simple Verbs to Periphrastic Expressions books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Early Modern Northern English Lexis

Early Modern Northern English Lexis

File Size : 10,10 MB
Total View : 3701 Views
DOWNLOAD

The history of regional 'Englishes' in the Early Modern period still presents numerous lacunae that need to be filled, in order to provide a complete insight in