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The development of the English be + V-ende/V-ing periphrasis: from emphatic to progressive marker?
2014
English Language and Linguistics
1 I wish to thank ELL's anonymous referees, editor Wim van der Wurff and Mona Markussen for helpful feedback. ABSTRACT The paper discusses the grammaticalization of the BE + V-ende/V-ing periphrasis as a progressive marker. On the basis of quantitative data, it is claimed that the periphrasis started out as an emphatic alternative to the simple tenses. Its length, unusualness and optionality made it well suited as an emphatic marker. In the Early Modern English period (c. 1500-1700), the
doi:10.1017/s1360674314000148
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