The syntax and morphology of English verbs : patterns that matter / Joseph Embley Emonds.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Emonds, Joseph E., author.

Series:

Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG]

Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] ; v.147

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Verb.

English language.

English language--Syntax.

English language--Morphology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany ; Boston, Massachusetts : De Gruyter, [2022]

Summary:

The architecture of the human language faculty has been one of the main foci of the linguistic research of the last half century. This branch of linguistics, broadly known as Generative Grammar, is concerned with the formulation of explanatory formal accounts of linguistic phenomena with the ulterior goal of gaining insight into the properties of the 'language organ'. The series comprises high quality monographs and collected volumes that address such issues. The topics in this series range from phonology to semantics, from syntax to information structure, from mathematical linguistics to studies of the lexicon.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Contents

Introduction

1 English modals and be are not irregular verbs

2 The single English Past morpheme -ed / -en

3 Regular inflections and contractions: Limits on grammatical irregularity

4 Polyfunctional -ing: Can any other language match it?

5 Gerunds vs. infinitives: Less alike than they look

6 English passive structures and the passive participle

7 The empirical basis of theoretical advance

References

Index of cited authors

Index of definitions, principles, tables and trees

Index of English lexical entries.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Emonds, Joseph Embley The Syntax and Morphology of English Verbs

ISBN:

9783110734379