“Describe what happened to the verbal categories of person/number, mood and tense in the course of Middle English. Which changes occurred to the verb morphology in Middle English?”

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“Describe what happened to the verbal categories of person/number, mood and tense in the course of Middle English. Which changes occurred to the verb morphology in Middle English?”

– Person/number/mood -> weakened o Modals developed – Tense -> strengthened o New analytical tenses developed (future; perfect)- Regularization of past marking (-ed/irregular verbs)- Development of aspect and voice

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