The English Gerund-participle: A Comparison with the InfinitivePeter Lang, 2006 - 188 pages There is considerable confusion regarding the English suffix «ing,» which is usually treated as «progressive.» The sentence «I regret telling him» shows, however, that this is not always the case. The very same form can sometimes evoke an ongoing process and sometimes a completed action. This book brings much-needed clarity to this area of English grammar, proposing a simple coherent explanation based on meaning. ESL teachers will find it a valuable contribution to the «focus on form» approach. It will also be of interest to linguists as it addresses the problems of tense and control that have been the object of considerable debate. |
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... tell you , " she said reluctantly . ( Lancaster - Oslo / Bergen Corpus L22 188 ) This usage is only found in negative or non - assertive contexts ( e.g. with expressions such as hardly ) . In American English one would have the verb ...
... tell you , " she said reluctantly . ( Lancaster - Oslo / Bergen Corpus L22 188 ) This usage is only found in negative or non - assertive contexts ( e.g. with expressions such as hardly ) . In American English one would have the verb ...
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... tell me what a good ball player you are . I know you've got talent . But what you haven't got is the heart to back up that talent with . " ( Brown University Corpus P24 1300 ) Here only the approach to the initiation of saying is GERUND ...
... tell me what a good ball player you are . I know you've got talent . But what you haven't got is the heart to back up that talent with . " ( Brown University Corpus P24 1300 ) Here only the approach to the initiation of saying is GERUND ...
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... tell you ? Look ! Stroking the cat is making my flesh creep . * I am so tired that to write this letter is giving me a headache . ( Chuquet 1986 : 253 ) The obvious problem with approaches such as those of Conrad and Chuquet is the use ...
... tell you ? Look ! Stroking the cat is making my flesh creep . * I am so tired that to write this letter is giving me a headache . ( Chuquet 1986 : 253 ) The obvious problem with approaches such as those of Conrad and Chuquet is the use ...
Table des matières
Introduction | 1 |
Reconstructing the Schematic Meaning of the ing Form | 19 |
The Meaning of | 25 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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action activity actualization adverbial analysis anaphor aspectual verbs attempt begin British National Corpus Brown University Corpus cease Cobuild Cognitive Grammar complement event conceived construed contexts continue corresponds defined direct object distinction embargo English enjoyed entity event denoted event expressed event-originator evokes an event examples explain fact factivity finish Freed gerund gerund-participle gerundive construction goal Grammar Hamawand hypothesis imperfective implies importing oil impression infinitival infinitive construction infinitive phrase infinitive's event ing's event initiation involved is/was Jespersen John Lancaster-Oslo/Bergen Corpus language latter lexeme lexical content lexical meaning linguistic main verb matrix verb non-realized notion of movement noun phrase observed occurrence opposition paraphrase participle perform possible predicate prepositional phrase pro-form problem progressive construction pronoun proposed realization remember represented resume semantic content sense sentence simple form situation speaker stop subject complement temporal relation to-infinitive construction to-infinitive phrase tried usage Valin verbal verbs of effort verbs referring