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5 Verbs Chapter 6 1
5 Verbs Chapter 6 1
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Read between the lines
Required reading
Longman: Variation in the VP (Chapter 6)
Hewings, M. (2006): Subjunctive (Should in that-clauses)
Recommended reading
Greenbaum & Quirk, Chapter 4
Lewis, M. (1986) The English Verb. Hove/England: LTPublications.
Palmer, F. R. (1988) The English Verb. London, New York:
Longman.
Comrie, B. (1976) Aspect: An Introduction to the Study of Verbal
Aspect and Related Problems. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Leech, G. (2004) Meaning and the English Verb. London, New York:
Longman.
Declerck, R. (2006) The Grammar of the English Verb Phrase.
Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
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Contrasts in the VP
1. tense > present/past/future(?)
simple(=unmarked)/perfect/progressive/
perfect progressive
3. voice > active/passive
4. modality > unmarked/marked
5. negation/question >
positive/negative/interrogative
6. mood > indicative/subjunctive/imperative
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Order of elements in
the complex VP
1 2 3 4 5
By June, you will have been being taught
syntax for three months.
1. modal (followed by an infinitive)
2. perfect (HAVE; followed by an -ed ptcp)
3. progressive (BE; followed by an -ing ptcp)
4. passive (BE, followed by an -ed ptcp)
5. MAIN verb
(Greenbaum & Quirk 1990: 42)
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Dynamic verbs ↔ stative verbs
Stative verbs
senses/perception > notice, hear
emotions/attitudes > adore, agree, desire, hate,
love, like, respect, want, wish
mental states > forget, know, realize, remember,
understand
possession > belong, have, owe, own, possess
You know, I was just getting to know you two crazy kids back
when all this went on. (Beverly Hills 90210, COCA)