Description
Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb
Routledge Library Editions: Syntax Series
Author: Kilby David
Language: English
Subjects for Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb:
Keywords
Young Man; English Grammar; Grammar; Vice Versa; Syntax; Phrasal Verb Construction; Grammatical; Postnominal Modifiers; Verb; Noun Phrase; Descriptive; Main Verb; Complement Sentences; sociolinguistics; Ergative Verbs; phrasal verb constructions; Case Grammar; English syntax; Functional Sentence Perspective; Prepositional Verbs; Non-finite Complements; Prenominal Modifier; Grammatical Behaviour; Infinitive Complements; Present Perfect; Gerundive Constructions; Finite Complements; Action Nominals; Word Formation; Finite Complement Clauses; Case Frames; Phrasal Verbs; Passive Participles
Publication date: 03-2018
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Paperback
Publication date: 10-2016
· 15.6x23.4 cm · Hardback
Description
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Intended for advanced students and researchers in linguistics, Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb, first published in 1984, focuses on the syntax of the English verb and notions of tense/aspect, transivity, passive, phrasal verb constructions, nominalisations and complement sentence types are explored. These constructions are shown t
List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Tense and Aspect 2. Transitivity 3. Functions of the Passive 4. The Range of the Passive 5. Passive Participles 6. Phrasal Verbs 7. Nominalisations 8. Ing 9. Non-Finite Sentence Complements 10. Finite Sentence Compliments 11. Conclusion; Index
