Un cas de grammaticalisation ratée ? Étude diachronique de l’emploi du verbe stand en anglais

This article discusses the different uses of the verb stand in earlier stages of the English language, based on data from the Oxford English Dictionary. While Modern English does not use the posture verbs all that much compared to the other Germanic languages where these verbs have become basic loca...

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Main Author: Maarten Lemmens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/327