The progressive in modern English : a corpus-based study of grammaticalization and related changes / / Svenja Kranich.

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 British component of ARCHER-2 (A Representative Corp...

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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
Series:Language and computers ; no. 72.
Physical Description:1 online resource (283 p.)
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