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Emerging English Modals : A Corpus-Based Study of Grammaticalization / Manfred G. Krug.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; 32Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (332 p.) : 4 KtnContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110166545
  • 9783110820980
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 425 22
LOC classification:
  • PE1315.M6 K78 2000eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-XVI -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations -- 3 HAVE GOT TO/GOTTA and HAVE TO/HAFTA -- 4 WANT TO and WANNA -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.1 Chapter outline -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.2 Frequency -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.3 Mechanisms and pathways of change -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.4 Towards a model for natural change in spoken and written text types -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.5 The marginal modals NEED (TO), OUGHT (TO) and DARE (TO) -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.6 Motivations -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.7 Gravitation and categorization -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.8 Some implications of the gravitation model -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendices -- References -- Index
Summary: 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.
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I-XVI -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations -- 3 HAVE GOT TO/GOTTA and HAVE TO/HAFTA -- 4 WANT TO and WANNA -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.1 Chapter outline -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.2 Frequency -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.3 Mechanisms and pathways of change -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.4 Towards a model for natural change in spoken and written text types -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.5 The marginal modals NEED (TO), OUGHT (TO) and DARE (TO) -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.6 Motivations -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.7 Gravitation and categorization -- 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.8 Some implications of the gravitation model -- 6 Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendices -- References -- Index

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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.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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