The English Gerund-Participle: A Comparison with the Infinitive (Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics, Band 61) - Hardcover

Duffley, Patrick J.

 
9780820463995: The English Gerund-Participle: A Comparison with the Infinitive (Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics, Band 61)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 082046399X ISBN 13: 9780820463995
Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

There is considerable confusion regarding the English suffix «ing,» which is usually treated as «progressive.» The sentence «I regret telling him» shows, however, that this is not always the case. The very same form can sometimes evoke an ongoing process and sometimes a completed action. This book brings much-needed clarity to this area of English grammar, proposing a simple coherent explanation based on meaning. ESL teachers will find it a valuable contribution to the «focus on form» approach. It will also be of interest to linguists as it addresses the problems of tense and control that have been the object of considerable debate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

The Author: Patrick J. Duffley is Professor of English Language and Linguistics at Laval University in Quebec, Canada. He has published extensively in the area of complementation, and he is the author of The English Infinitive (1992) as well as numerous articles in linguistic journals.

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Verlag
Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York
Erscheinungsdatum
2006
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
082046399X
ISBN 13 
9780820463995
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
188
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