Modality and Grammaticalization in the Conjunctive Lest -Construction
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The aim of this paper is to address grammaticalization and modality ofthe conjunctive lest-construction. According to OED (Oxford EnglishDictionary), lest was grammaticalized in Middle English from thecomplex prepositional phrase þý lǽs þe in Old English throughphonological processes and coalescence. The meaning development of theconjunctive lest opposes the parallel reduction hypothesis as aphenomenon of specificity rather than generalization. We will argue thatthe conjunctive lest designates modality to the factuality of theproposition. The corpus search of COCA (The Corpus of ContemporaryAmerican English) and BNC (The British National Corpus) attest that theconjunctive lest overwhelmingly selects should among other modal verbsin its subordinate clause. Persistence will illuminate theoretical andanalytical basis of the combination of the conjunctive lest and the modalverb should from the perspective of grammaticalization.
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The aim of this paper is to address grammaticalization and modality ofthe conjunctive lest-construction. According to OED (Oxford EnglishDictionary), lest was grammaticalized in Middle English from thecomplex prepositional phrase þý lǽs þe in Old English throughphonological processes and coalescence. The meaning development of theconjunctive lest opposes the parallel reduction hypothesis as aphenomenon of specificity rather than generalization. We will argue thatthe conjunctive lest designates modality to the factuality of theproposition. The corpus search of COCA (The Corpus of ContemporaryAmerican English) and BNC (The British National Corpus) attest that theconjunctive lest overwhelmingly selects should among other modal verbsin its subordinate clause. Persistence will illuminate theoretical andanalytical basis of the combination of the conjunctive lest and the modalverb should from the perspective of grammaticalization.
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