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Publication details [#28012]
Warner, Anthony R. 1993. English auxiliaries: Structure and history. (Cambridge studies in linguistics 66). Cambridge University Press. xvi + 291 pp. 
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
ISBN
0 521 30284 6
Annotation
This book offers a synchronic characterization of the present-day English modals 'be, have and do', in terms of a lexically based syntax; a short formalized account of these auxiliaries in terms of Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar and a historical account of English auxiliaries.