Aarts, BasClose, JoanneWallis, Sean2013-12-022013-12-022013-02-16Aarts, B., Close, J., & Wallis, S. (2013). Choices over time: Methodological issues in investigating current change. In B. Aarts, J. Close, G. Leech, Geoffrey, & S. Wallis, (Eds.), The Verb Phrase in English: Investigating Recent Language Change with Corpora (pp. 14-45). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.9781107016354http://hdl.handle.net/10034/306093This book is not available through ChesterRep.This book chapter explores the diachrinic corpus of present-day spoken English, focusing on true alternation: the progressive. The chapter includes a case study on the alteration - shall versus will.enenglish languagesyntaxBook chapter