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The force dynamics of Old English pre-modal verbs

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Nykiel J.
Linguistica Silesiana
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2006
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vol. 27
45-56
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Force dynamics comes to the fore as our major ally in distilling to the bare essentials the areas of modal meanings where, invariably, entities' actions and judgements are encroached upon by force oppositions. The theory casts two participants, who are embedded in a given modal context, into the roles of Agonist and Antagonist, the former being equated with a central participant propeled by an unsatiable drive to display its force inclinations, the latter's contribution resting chiefly on contradicting these inclinations. Thus, with a bumper crop of force dynamics and the concomitant formulae thereof in hand, the author seeks to check how, if at all, the theory spills over and resonates in the usage of Old English pre-modal verbs. Nothing less than thorough delineation of the force dynamic patterns in Old English is presented and a force-dynamics-inspired survey of the modal meanings of pre-rnodals ensues.
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Where only dare and need dare - the developmental paths of the two verbs since the time of Shakespeare

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Nykiel J.
Linguistica Silesiana
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2005
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vol. 26
35-56
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The article embarks upon highlighting the syntactic evolution of dare and need which culminates in the verbs' present status of marginal modals. With the two verbs' fluctuations on the modal-lexical continuum in Old and Middle English taken for granted, three major stops emerge in this analysis, namely the language of Shakespeare, the language of Charles Dickens and Present Day English. Each time the occurrences of dare and need in the corpora come under scrutiny with a view to illustrating the overall syntactic profiles of the verbs.
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