English historical syntax : verbal constructions /

English historical syntax : verbal constructions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Denison, David, 1950-
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Longman, 1993.
Series:Longman linguistics library.
Subjects:
English language > Syntax.
English language > Grammar, Historical.
Anglais (Langue) > Syntaxe.
Anglais (Langue) > Grammaire historique.
Englisch
Historische Syntax
Syntax
Verb
Historische grammatica.
Engels.
Syntaxis.
English language > Verb phrase.
Anglais (langue) > Verbes.
Anglais (langue) > Grammaire historique.
Anglais (langue) > Syntaxe.
Anglais (langue) > Histoire.
Englisch.
English language > Syntax
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Groundwork
  • 1. Introduction. 2. Background. 3. Nominal morphology
  • pt. II. Word Order. 4. Word order
  • pt. III. Subject and Verb Phrase. 5. Impersonals. 6. Dative Movement and the indirect passive. 7. The prepositional passive
  • pt. IV. Complex Complementation. 8. VOSI and V+I (Control verbs). 9. Subject raising
  • pt. V. Auxiliaries. 10. Origins of periphrastic DO. 11. Modal and related auxiliaries. 12. Perfect. 13. Progressive. 14. Passive. 15. Multiple auxiliaries, regulation of DO
  • pt. VI. Bibliography and Indexes.