The English Verb
2nd Edition
Published on 28. June 2016
Book
Hardback
282 pages
978-1-138-17308-8 (ISBN)
Description
A long established and highly regarded account of all aspects of the English verb taking account of recent work on tense, phase and aspect, and of the author's own research. Theoretical discussion is kept to a minimum, but the arguments are always presented within a modern theoretical framework.
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Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
492 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-17308-8 (9781138173088)
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Person
Frank Robert Palmer
Content
Preface xiii
Pronunciation table
1 Introduction
2 The verb phrase
3 Tense and phase
4 Aspect
5 Voite
6 The modals of possibility and necessity
7 The modals WILL anct SHALL
8 Marginal verbs
9 The catenatives
10 Phrasal and prepositional verbs
11 Morphology
References and citation index
Verb index
Subject index
Pronunciation table
1 Introduction
2 The verb phrase
3 Tense and phase
4 Aspect
5 Voite
6 The modals of possibility and necessity
7 The modals WILL anct SHALL
8 Marginal verbs
9 The catenatives
10 Phrasal and prepositional verbs
11 Morphology
References and citation index
Verb index
Subject index