In the history of English at least five verbs have been found to mean 'need' urfan, beurfan, need, behove and mister. By adopting a corpus-based approach, this book studies all of them diachronically, from the origins of the language (c.750) to the end of the early Modern English period (1710).
Offers a detailed analysis of the meaning of these five verbs which have been found to mean 'need', filling a gap in the literature on modality and shedding new light on grammaticalization theory
Spans the period c.750 to 1710, adopting a corpus-based approach to study the verbs...
In the history of English at least five verbs have been found to mean 'need' urfan, beurfan, need, behove and mister. By adopting a corpus-based appro...
