Form-function change and the rise of the Dutch auxiliary system. KU Leuven
The class of Dutch auxiliary verbs is subject to constant change, not only in the sense that new verbs keep entering the class, or that new auxiliaries change their grammatical behaviour to conform to other, more venerable auxiliaries, but also in the sense that the grammatical characteristics themselves change. In this project, I want to take a look at these characteristics in Dutch, especially if they diverge from what has happened in ...