Emerging English Modals

A Corpus-based Study of Grammaticalization
Krug, Manfred G. (Associate Professor of English Linguistics, University of Freiburg, Germany)
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Hardback
240 pages
Published: 2000
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co
ISBN / EAN: 3110166542

This monograph provides a detailed account of the fundamental changes which have recently affected - and which are still affecting - the system of English auxiliaries.