Lessons on the English Verb: No Expression Without Representation 9780773560277

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Lessons on the English Verb: No Expression Without Representation
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Walter Hirtle

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 Studying the Verb
2 Chronogenesis I: Aspect
3 Chronogenesis II: Mood
4 Chronogenesis III: Tense
5 The Simple Form I: Activities
6 The Simple Form II: States
7 The Simple Form III: Prospective Events
8 The Subjunctive
9 Person in the Verb
10 What Does Do Do?
11 Compounding with Do
12 The Progressive
13 The Transcendent Aspect: Perfective Events
14 The Transcendent Aspect: Imperfective Events
15 The Passive
16 Auxiliaries
17 The System of Voice: A Hypothesis
18 Conclusion
Glossary
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Notes
Bibliography
Index
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