The case of to before the infinitive in English: Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable?

Fischer, Olga

doi:10.1075/slcs.53.08fis

In:Pathways of Change: Grammaticalization in English
Edited by Olga Fischer, Anette Rosenbach and Dieter Stein
[Studies in Language Companion Series 53] 2000
► pp. 149–169

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Grammaticalisation: Unidirectional, non-reversable?

The case of to before the infinitive in English

Olga Fischer | University of Amsterdam

Published online: 13 November 2000

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.53.08fis

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