Laurel J. Brinton

• English Language
• Evolution of Pragmatic Markers in English
• Pragmatic markers in English
• The development of English aspectual systems
• The structure of modern English
• The linguistic structure of modern English
• Collocational and Idiomatic Aspects of Composite Predicates in the History of English
• Collocational and idiomatic aspects of composite predicates in the history of English
• English historical linguistics
• Lexicalization and grammaticalization in language change
• Pragmatic Markers in English
• The comment clause in English