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Peer reviewedArnaud, Rene – Language Variation and Change, 1998
Expansion of the progressive (be+ing periphrastic form, where "be" is at the same time the copula and a statement of existence) was a major feature of modernization of the English verb system in the 19th century. A survey (1787-1880) of a collection of private letters, most from famous writers, reveals that linguistic factors played a small role…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Research, Language Variation
