Non-surviving preterite-present verbs in english, the: the demise of *dugan, munan, *-nugan, *þurfan, and unnan
Auteur :
WojtyÅ›, Anna
Éditeur :
Peter Lang AG
ISBN :
9783631729502
Date de publication :
16 août 2017
Dimensions :
21,0 x 14,8 cm
Poids :
440 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
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.