The Non-Surviving Preterite-Present Verbs in English. The Demise of *dugan, munan, *-nugan, *þurfan, and unnan

Título:
The Non-Surviving Preterite-Present Verbs in English. The Demise of *dugan, munan, *-nugan, *þurfan, and unnan
Autor:
Wojtyś, Anna
Materia:
Linguistics; Italian
Editor:
Peter Lang
Descripción:
Based on historical corpora, the book is a comprehensive study of the demise of five preterite-present verbs in English. It offers a detailed description of the forms and uses of these verbs in Old and Middle English, which, when compared, allow the author to suggest the reasons for their elimination from the language.
Identificadores:
E-ISBN: 9783631729618
Colección:
Peter Lang