The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of English C7501710 (Publications of the Philological Society, 43),Used

The Semantic Predecessors of Need in the History of English C7501710 (Publications of the Philological Society, 43),Used

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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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