Extension in the Meanings of Will

Pelyvás-Ferenczik, P.: Extension in the Meanings of Will.
In: When grammar minds language and literature : Festschrift for Prof. Béla Korponay on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Ed.: by József Andor [et al.], Institute of English and American Studies, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, 373-386, 2008. ISBN: 9789634730873

DEA

title:

authors:

Pelyvás-Ferenczik Péter

corresponding author:

Pelyvás-Ferenczik Péter

published:

2008

type:

book chapter

genre:

study, dissertation

language:

English

HAC:

Humanities, Linguistics

subjects:

modalitás

abstract:

A cognitive analysis of the development of the meanings of the English modal auxiliary WILL. The study analyses the interrelatedness between the habitual, temporal and modal meanings of WILL and draws the conclusion that the stages of the development are closely related through processes of metaphorical extension.

projects:

NI 68436