Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day American English

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents ix
3. Contributors xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. A lovely little example 39
7. The grammaticalization of the verb ‘pray’ 67
8. The grammaticalization of concessive markers in Early Modern English 85
9. Combining English auxiliaries 111
10. Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable? 149
11. Remarks on the de-grammaticalisation of infinitival to in present-day American English 171
12. The role of person and position in Old English 187
13. Remarks on (uni)directionality 207
14. Soþlice and witodlice 229
15. Onginnan/beginnan with bare and to -infinitive in Ælfric 251
16. Some suggestions for explaining the origin and development of the definite article in English 275
17. Parallelism vs. asymmetry 311
18. The grammaticalization of the present perfect in English 329
19. Grammaticalization versus lexicalization 355
20. Name index 371
21. Subject index 377