02858oam 2200625zu 450 991015432980332120230120065228.00-19-937341-8(CKB)3710000000223274(SSID)ssj0001334207(PQKBManifestationID)12490633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001334207(PQKBWorkID)11394055(PQKB)11483074(StDuBDS)EDZ0000437387(MiAaPQ)EBC4842387(MiAaPQ)EBC7033709(Au-PeEL)EBL7033709(OCoLC)967266885(EXLCZ)99371000000022327420160829d2014 uy engur|||||||||||txtccrConstructions and environments : copular, passive, and related constructions in Old and Middle EnglishNew York :Oxford University Press,2014.1 online resource illustrations (black and white)Oxford Studies in the History of English. Constructions and environments Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-937339-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.This monograph presents the first comprehensive diachronic account of copular and passive verb constructions in Old and Middle English. Loss of the high-frequency verb weorðan 'become' is explained as a result of changing word order in narrative during Middle English. The merger of is 'is' and bið 'shall be, is generally' into a single suppletive verb is related to the development of a general analytic future shall benally, the co-occurrence of multiple changes led to become and wax crossing a threshold of similarity with existing copulas, from which they analogically adopted full productivity.Oxford studies in the history of English.Grammar, Comparative and generalCopulaMiddle English, 1100-1500Grammar, Comparative and generalCoordinate constructionsOld English, ca. 450-1100English languageGrammarConstruction grammarLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCPhilology & LinguisticsHILCCGrammar, Comparative and generalCopulaGrammar, Comparative and generalCoordinate constructionsEnglish languageGrammar.Construction grammar.Languages & LiteraturesPhilology & Linguistics427/.02Petré Peter1853798Petrâe PeterPQKBBOOK9910154329803321Constructions and environments : copular, passive, and related constructions in Old and Middle English4450485UNINA