The Progressive in Modern English: A Corpus-Based Study of Grammaticalization and Related Changes. (Language & Computers)

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Brand: Rodopi

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This book constitutes the first full-length diachronic treatment of the English progressive from Old English to Present-day English, focusing on the crucial phase of its grammaticalization between the 17th and 20th centuries. It uses data from the...