Descriptive Syntax and the English Verb

Informationen zum Autor David Kilby Zusammenfassung 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 Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Kilby, David Kilby, Kilby David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138698406
• ISBN: 978-1-138-69840-6
• No. of pages: 212
• Series: Routledge Library Edition: Syntax; Routledge Library Editions: Syntax; Routledge Library Editions: Syntax
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Semantics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc