Conditional sentences in Early Modern English : a study in grammaticalization
The study is based mainly on data from the Early Modern English Section (1500 - 1710) of the Helsinki Corpus of English Texts. The dissertation consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the aims, subject, data and methodology of the study. Chapter 2 is a blief survey of the treatment of the conditional sentence in early English grammars. Chapter 3 demonstrates that the grammaticalization of conditional markers is motivated by the need to express either a supposition or a kind of contingency relation between the protasis event and the apodosis event. It identifies the following as the sources of protasis markers in EModE: (a) suppositional verbs and verb phrases; (b) verb forms and word order that signify or imply hypotheticality; (c) expressions signifying contingency relation; (d) expressions signifying other relations, including temporal, provisory, purposive or resultative, exceptive, and coordinative; (e) expressions of negative substitution. Chapter 4 shows that markers of concessive condition are not fully grammaticalized in EModE. In most cases concessive conditions are expressed either by conditional markers used in a concessive context or by concessive markers used in a hypothetical
Chen, Guohua
Conditional sentences in Early Modern English : a study in grammaticalization. The study is based mainly on data from the Early Modern English Section (1500 - 1710) of the Helsinki Corpus of English Texts. The dissertation consists of six chapters. Chapter 1 is an introduction to the aims, subject, data and methodology of the study. Chapter 2 is a blief survey of the treatment of the conditional sentence in early English grammars. Chapter 3 demonstrates that the grammaticalization of conditional markers is motivated by the need to express either a supposition or a kind of contingency relation between the protasis event and the apodosis event. It identifies the following as the sources of protasis markers in EModE: (a) suppositional verbs and verb phrases; (b) verb forms and word order that signify or imply hypotheticality; (c) expressions signifying contingency relation; (d) expressions signifying other relations, including temporal, provisory, purposive or resultative, exceptive, and coordinative; (e) expressions of negative substitution. Chapter 4 shows that markers of concessive condition are not fully grammaticalized in EModE. In most cases concessive conditions are expressed either by conditional markers used in a concessive context or by concessive markers used in a hypothetical
conditional sentence early_modern_english study grammaticalization study base_mainly data early modern english section corpus english texts consists six_chapter introduction aim subject data study survey treatment conditional sentence early english grammar demonstrate grammaticalization conditional marker motivate need express either supposition kind contingency relation event event identifies follow source marker verb verb_phrase verb_form word_order signify imply expression signify contingency relation expression signify relation include temporal purposive resultative expression negative substitution show marker concessive condition fully case concessive condition express either conditional marker use concessive context concessive marker use hypothetical