The Verb in Contemporary English
Subtitle: Theory and Description
Contributors: Bas Aarts (Editor); Charles F. Meyer (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: May 26, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780521460392
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Language Arts & Disciplines; English Grammar; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; English; Language; Verb; Grammar; Linguistics; English language--Verb; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar; Language Arts & Disciplines : Linguistics; English language; General
First sentence: Verbs are found in virtually all the languages of the world (Lyons 1977: 429, Allerton 1982: I), and throughout history their semantic and syntactic properties have interested philosophers and grammarians alike.