Kousuke Kaita

List of John Benjamins publications for which Kousuke Kaita plays a role.

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Kaita, Kousuke 2018 Chapter 10. A study of Old English dugan: Its potential for auxiliation Explorations in English Historical Syntax, Cuyckens, Hubert, Hendrik De Smet, Liesbet Heyvaert and Charlotte Maekelberghe (eds.), pp. 259–282 | Chapter
This study examines how the Old English preterite-present verb dugan ‘to avail’ developed into a modal auxiliary of ability (‘can’) in Middle English. Two factors in the Old English period play a role in this auxiliation process: (i) the influence of the modal precursor magan (meaning ‘to be… read more