Emerging English Modals

by Manfred G. Krug

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110166542
• ISBN13: 9783110166545
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary