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Functional relations in the English auxiliary system
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Yehuda N. Falk
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30. September 2008
Abstract
This article addresses the question of the syntactic functional relations between English auxiliaries and the verbal elements that follow them. There are two basic types of analysis: either the auxiliary is the head and the VP is the complement, or the “main verb” is the head and the auxiliary is a feature-bearing modifier. It is argued here that there is no single correct analysis for all English auxiliaries: some (do, have, will/shall, would) are feature-bearers while others are argument-taking predicates.
Received: 2005-03-02
Revised: 2005-07-21
Published Online: 2008-09-30
Published in Print: 2008-August
© 2008 by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, D-10785 Berlin
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- Functional relations in the English auxiliary system
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Functional relations in the English auxiliary system
- The diversity and unity of the accusative with infinitive construction: a Norwegian perspective
- Lexical vs. grammatical evidentiality in French and Italian
- Convergence in verb phrases
- Tone and intonation in the dialect of Hasselt
- Book reviews
- Publications received between 2 June 2007 and 1 June 2008
