The semantic predecessors of needfrom old to early modern english

  1. LOUREIRO PORTO, LUCÍA
Supervised by:
  1. Elena Seoane Posse Director

Defence university: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Fecha de defensa: 02 June 2005

Committee:
  1. Teresa Fanego Chair
  2. Belén Méndez Naya Secretary
  3. Manfred Krug Committee member
  4. José Secundino Gómez Soliño Committee member
  5. Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes Committee member

Type: Thesis

Teseo: 124250 DIALNET lock_openMINERVA editor

Abstract

The analysis of the corpus examples is twofold. Firstly, I will offer a synchronic analysis of each verb in each chronological period (Old, Middle and early Modern English), paying special attention to their semantic, syntactic and morphological features, especially to those which may be indicative of their degree of grammaticalization, modal meanings and impersonal nature. Secondly, I will adopt a diachronic perspective and offer a historical account of the features of each verb. By combining the synchronic and the diachronic points of view, I intend to provide a panchronic analysis of the semantic predecessors of need.