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. |
Table des matières
Seeking to Define the Meaning of the ing Form | 5 |
Reconstructing the Schematic Meaning of the ing Form | 19 |
The Meaning of to | 25 |
Summary | 32 |
Chapter Three Gerundparticiple vs Infinitive | 33 |
Gerundparticiple and Infinitive Complements with Various Types | 53 |
General Conclusion on Complement Constructions | 124 |
Previous Treatments of the Problem | 125 |
Conclusion | 147 |
The ing as Object Complement | 153 |
Conclusion | 159 |
The Use of the ing Form as an Adjective | 165 |
Notes | 171 |
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Autres éditions - Tout afficher
The English Gerund-participle: A Comparison with the Infinitive Patrick J. Duffley Affichage d'extraits - 2006 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
absolute free adjunct action actualization adverbial analysis anaphor aspectual verbs attributive begin British National Corpus Brown University Corpus cease Cognitive Grammar complement event conceived construed contexts continue corresponds David Coulthard direct object distinction English English Language enjoyed entity event denoted event expressed event-originator evokes an event examples explain expressive effect fact Freed gerund gerund-participle Grammar Hamawand hypothesis imperfective implies importing oil impression infinitival infinitive construction infinitive's event ing's event involved is/was John Lancaster-Oslo/Bergen Corpus language latter lexeme lexical meaning linguistic main verb main verb's event matrix verb metonymic Middle English nominal non-realized notion of movement noun phrase observed occurrence opposition paraphrase participle perform predicate prepositional phrase problem produce progressive construction pronoun proposed realization remember represented semantic content sense sentence simple form situation speaker stative stop subject complement temporal relation tense to-infinitive construction to-infinitive phrase usage Valin verbal verbs of effort verbs referring