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The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of English C7501710 (Publications of the Philological Society, 43),New
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In the history of English at least five verbs have been found to mean need: urfan, beurfan, need, behove and mister. By adopting a corpusbased approach, this book studies all of them diachronically, from the origins of the language (c.750) to the end of the early Modern English period (1710). Offers a detailed analysis of the meaning of these five verbs which have been found to mean need, filling a gap in the literature on modality and shedding new light on grammaticalization theory Spans the period c.750 to 1710, adopting a corpusbased approach to study the verbs diachronically Explores the evolution of necessity meanings in English, identifying regular semantic changes and challenging some wellestablished statements Provides a detailed grammaticalization analysis, paying attention to the different PresentDayEnglish modal classes, including marginal and emerging modals
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