ABSTRACT

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

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

chapter Chapter One|22 pages

Tense and Aspect

chapter Chapter Two|19 pages

Transitivity

chapter Chapter Three|17 pages

Functions of the Passive

chapter Chapter Four|13 pages

The Range of the Passive

chapter Chapter Five|13 pages

Passive Participles

chapter Chapter Six|15 pages

Phrasal Verbs

chapter Chapter Seven|13 pages

Nominalisations

chapter Chapter Eight|20 pages

Ing

chapter Chapter Nine|17 pages

Non-Finite Sentence Complements

chapter Chapter Ten|18 pages

Finite Sentence Complements

chapter Chapter Eleven|12 pages

Conclusion