The semantic predecessors of need in the history of English (c750-1710)
By: Lucia Loureiro-Porto.
Series: Publications of the Philological Society -- 43
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
ISBN-13: 9781405192705; 9781405190855
Subjects: English language -- Auxiliary verbs; English language -- Semantics; Modality (Linguistics)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [250]-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Theoretical foundations; title: Tharf and betharf; title: Behove and mister; title: Need in the history of English; title: Conclusions.