2 Theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations

Chapters in this book

1. I-XVI I
2. 1 Introduction 1
3. 2 Theoretical, methodological and empirical foundations 7
4. 3 HAVE GOT TO/GOTTA and HAVE TO/HAFTA 53
5. 4 WANT TO and WANNA 117
6. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.1 Chapter outline 167
7. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.2 Frequency 168
8. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.3 Mechanisms and pathways of change 183
9. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.4 Towards a model for natural change in spoken and written text types 194
10. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.5 The marginal modals NEED (TO), OUGHT (TO) and DARE (TO) 199
11. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.6 Motivations 206
12. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.7 Gravitation and categorization 214
13. 5 Models and motivations for emerging English modals. 5.8 Some implications of the gravitation model 239
14. 6 Conclusion 249
15. Notes 259
16. Appendices 291
17. References 299
18. Index 327