Development of English Aspectual Systems - Aspectualizers and Post-Verbal Particles

Klappentext This important study of the development of English aspectual systems provides an exceptionally clear and systematic account of syntax and semantics. Zusammenfassung This important study of the development of English aspectual systems provides an exceptionally clear and systematic account of syntax and semantics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Aspectual studies in English: trends and problems; 2. The grammatical status and function of aspectualizers in Modern English; 3. The development of aspectualizers in English; 4. Verb particles in Modern English; 5. The development of phrasal verbs in English; 6. Concluding remarks; Appendices; Notes; Reference; Index.

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• Authors: Laurel J. Brinton
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2009
• EAN: 9780521116756
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11675-6
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics