Contextual subjectification of the meaning of the verb "may/mighte" in the aspect of its grammaticalization as a marker of permission and assertion (based on "The Canterbury Tales" by G.Chaucer)

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10.2991/ipc-16.2017.25How to use a DOI?

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context, pragmatics, subjectification, grammaticalization, marker.

Abstract

The article deals with the cases of contextual subjectification of the meaning of the Middle English verb "may/mighte" in "The Canterbury Tales" by G.Chaucer. The purpose of the research is to define the pragmatic factors of its grammaticalization as a marker of the speech acts of permission and assertion.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Marina Tsvinaria
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BT  - Proceedings of the 45th International Philological Conference (IPC 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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