Periphrases in Medieval English

ISBN-13: 9783631756805 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 112 str.

Michiko Ogura

Opis

The author has investigated verbs, e.g. 'impersonal' verbs, reflexive verbs, verbs of motion, verbs of emotion, etc. in her books and articles, as well as syntax with modal auxiliaries and other auxiliaries used for perfective, passive, hortative, etc. This monograph summarises her series of investigations under the term of "periphrases".

Spis treści

Chapters: 1. Introd, 2. beon/habban + past ptc, 3. beon + past ptc, 4. man, 5. beon + pres ptc, 6. beginnan + inf, 7. gan/con + inf, 8. don, 9. uton + inf, 10. causative, 11. modals, 12. double modals, 13. 'impers' and 'refl', 14. 'prep + noun' and V-Adv, 15. periphrases died out, 16. Conclusion

O autorze

Michiko Ogura is professor of English at Tokyo Woman's Christian University. Her field of study is Old and Middle English syntax and word study. Her publications include Verbs in Medieval English (1996), Verbs in Motion in Medieval English (2002), and Words and Expressions of Emotion in Medieval English (2013).