The Syntax and Morphology of English Verbs : : Patterns that Matter / Joseph Embley Emonds.

• VerfasserIn: Emonds, Joseph Embley,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2022]; 2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Generative Grammar [SGG] , 147
• Physical Description: 1 Online-Resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1 English modals and be are not irregular verbs --; 2 The single English Past morpheme -ed / -en --; 3 Regular inflections and contractions: Limits on grammatical irregularity --; 4 Polyfunctional -ing: Can any other language match it? --; 5 Gerunds vs. infinitives: Less alike than they look --; 6 English passive structures and the passive participle --; 7 The empirical basis of theoretical advance --; References --; Index of cited authors --; Index of definitions, principles, tables and trees --; Index of English lexical entries
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110734379
• ISSN: 0167-4331
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110734379
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joseph Embley Emonds.

The book provides a detailed empirical approach to constructing grammatical analysis and theory, in particular the analysis of English verbs. It develops an integrated formal description of the English verbal system and offers several theoretical advances in the treatment of verbs that have escaped formulation until now.