Background
Warner, Anthony Rowland was born on January 27, 1945 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Son of Roy Henry and Amy Eleanor (Le Page) Warner.
(Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English ...)
Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English syntax. Disagreement over both the principles and details of their grammar has been substantial. Anthony Warner here offers a detailed account of both their synchronic and diachronic properties. He first argues that lexical properties are central to their grammar, which is relatively non-abstract. He then traces in detail the history of processes of grammaticalisation in their development and claims most notably that we can identify a group of auxiliaries in English from an early period on formal, not just semantic, grounds. This book meets the dual challenge of accounting for both the grammar and the history of the English auxiliary. It will be essential reading for all those interested in English syntax and its history.
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(A syntax of a major area of Middle English, this book see...)
A syntax of a major area of Middle English, this book seeks to bridge the gap between philology and linguistics. The historical study of English syntax has suffered from being at the meeting point of two traditions: the philological, which tends to focus on the analysis of texts and to avoid questions of linguistic interpretations, and a more recent linguistic one, which tends to focus on the grammatical systems of languages and often fails to appreciate the limitations of textual evidence and the careful interpretation needed before grammatical account can be based confidently on textual evidence.The work is based on a study of the sermons of John Wyclif, so it is important for students not only of Middle English but also of the history of English, since the author argues that the language of the sermons is important step in the development of Standard English. The book also seeks to demonstrate an appropriate methodology for the writing of linguistically informed grammars of dead languages, and provides a major response to the work of Lightfoot on diachronic syntax.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/027100326X/?tag=2022091-20
(Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English ...)
Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English syntax. Disagreement over both the principles and details of their grammar has been substantial. Anthony Warner here offers a detailed account of both their synchronic and diachronic properties. He first argues that lexical properties are central to their grammar, which is relatively non-abstract. He then traces in detail the history of processes of grammaticalisation in their development and claims most notably that we can identify a group of auxiliaries in English from an early period on formal, not just semantic, grounds. This book meets the dual challenge of accounting for both the grammar and the history of the English auxiliary. It will be essential reading for all those interested in English syntax and its history.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521103215/?tag=2022091-20
Warner, Anthony Rowland was born on January 27, 1945 in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, England. Son of Roy Henry and Amy Eleanor (Le Page) Warner.
Bachelor with honors, University Oxford, England, 1967. Doctor of Philosophy, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1978.
Lecturer, U. Liverpool, England, 1971-1975; lecturer, U. York, England, 1975-1994; head department language & linguistic science, U. York, England, 1992-1996; senior lecturer, U. York, England, 1994-1997; professor, U. York, England, since 1997.
(A syntax of a major area of Middle English, this book see...)
(Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English ...)
(Auxiliaries are one of the most complex areas of English ...)
Member Linguistics Association of Great Britain (secretary 1977-1980), Philological Society (council since 1998).
Married Patricia Anne Thornton, March 27, 1976. Children: Kate, David, Philip.