English Auxiliaries: Structure and History

Preface 1. Basic properties of English auxiliaries 2. The morphosyntactic independence of auxiliaries 3. A formal interlude: the grammar of English auxiliaries 4. Distinguishing auxiliaries and verbs in early English 5. Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English sentence-level syntax 6. Identifying an 'auxiliary group' before Modern English: further properties of 'modals' 7. The developing modal semantics of early English 'modals' 8. The status of modals and auxiliaries before Modern English and the rise of do 9. Conclusions Notes References Indexes.