De ĐURFAN à NEED : histoire d’une disparition

In Old and Middle English, ĐURFAN is part of the preterite-present verb class. These verbs are considered the ancestors of the Contemporary English modal verbs. ĐURFAN expresses need and necessity. We could then claim that it is the perfect candidate to express modality and be part of the class of m...

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Main Author: Céline Roméro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires du Midi 2007-12-01
Series:Anglophonia
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/acs/12256
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