On the Diachrony of English Linking Verbs
- Author / Editor
- Bald, Wolf-Dietrich.
On the Diachrony of English Linking Verbs
- Published
- Mary-Jo Arn and Hanneke Wirtjes, eds. Historical and Editorial Studies (Groningen: Wolters-Nordhoff, 1985), pp. 175-89.
- Description
- Diachronic study of verbs like "become," "grow," "wax," and "turn" used as both linking and regular verbs. Old, Middle, Early Modern, and Modern English show a decline in dominant meaning, allowing for linking-verb use. Includes data from Chaucer.
- Alternative Title
- Historical and Editorial Studies in Medieval and Early Modern English.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Language and Word Studies.