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1 English modals and be are not irregular verbs
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Joseph Embley Emonds
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments VII
- Contents IX
- Introduction 1
- 1 English modals and be are not irregular verbs 8
- 2 The single English Past morpheme –ed / -en 46
- 3 Regular inflections and contractions: Limits on grammatical irregularity 80
- 4 Polyfunctional –ing: Can any other language match it? 117
- 5 Gerunds vs. infinitives: Less alike than they look 156
- 6 English passive structures and the passive participle 201
- 7 The empirical basis of theoretical advance 244
- References 253
- Index of cited authors 261
- Index of definitions, principles, tables and trees 263
- Index of English lexical entries 267
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments VII
- Contents IX
- Introduction 1
- 1 English modals and be are not irregular verbs 8
- 2 The single English Past morpheme –ed / -en 46
- 3 Regular inflections and contractions: Limits on grammatical irregularity 80
- 4 Polyfunctional –ing: Can any other language match it? 117
- 5 Gerunds vs. infinitives: Less alike than they look 156
- 6 English passive structures and the passive participle 201
- 7 The empirical basis of theoretical advance 244
- References 253
- Index of cited authors 261
- Index of definitions, principles, tables and trees 263
- Index of English lexical entries 267
