The processes that simplify biclausal structures Harris and

The processes that simplify biclausal structures Harris and Campbell (1995)

5. Модальные глаголы: английский • Negation He cannot swim. *He does not can swim. He does not swim. * He swim not. • (Subject-Verb) Inversion Does he swim? *Swim he? Can he swim? *Does he can swim? • Tense He swims / will swim / is swimming / have swum. He can swim / *will swim / * can swimming / *is canning swim /… / have could. • Infinitives He wants to swim. *He wants to can swim. • Ellipsis He swims better than she does. He can swim better than she can. / *He can swim better than she does.

5. Модальные глаголы: древнеанглийский He wolde ðæt ða cnihtas cræft leornedon ‘He wanted the youths to learn science’ (O 1 Cædmon 221: 4) Ic mid handum ne mæg heofon geræcan ‘I cannot, with my hands, reach Heaven’ (O 1 Cædmon 275: 9)