Non-Surviving Preterite-Present Verbs in English: The Demise of Dugan, Munan, -Nugan, *ÞUrfan, and Unnan

Contributor(s): Fisiak, Jacek (Editor), Wojtyś, Anna (Author)

ISBN: 9783631729502

Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften

Hardcover

$72.85

Pub Date: August 16, 2017

Dewey: 429.56

LCCN: 2017026535

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.75" H x 8.27" L x 5.83" W ( 1.09 lbs) 258 pages

BISAC Categories:

Series: Studies in English Medieval Language and Literature

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Description:

Based on historical corpora, the book is a comprehensive study of the demise of five preterite-present verbs in English. It offers a detailed description of the forms and uses of these verbs in Old and Middle English, which, when compared, allow the author to suggest the reasons for their elimination from the language.

Non-Surviving Preterite-Present Verbs in English: The Demise of *Dugan, Munan, *-Nugan, *ÞUrfan, and Unnan

Non-Surviving Preterite-Present Verbs in English: The Demise of Dugan, Munan, -Nugan, *ÞUrfan, and Unnan