The semantic predecessors of needfrom old to early modern english
- LOUREIRO PORTO, LUCÍA
- Elena Seoane Posse Director
Defence university: Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
Fecha de defensa: 02 June 2005
- Teresa Fanego Chair
- Belén Méndez Naya Secretary
- Manfred Krug Committee member
- José Secundino Gómez Soliño Committee member
- Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes Committee member
Type: Thesis
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.