The English Infinitive

ISBN-13: 9780582071353 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 176 str.

Patrick J. Duffley

Opis

This examines the use of infinitives with and without the use of "to" in English. Duffley examines these uses adopting the semantic approach and challenges old assumptions that grammar is independent of meaning and should be dealt with in purely formal terms.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 To vs zero: a meaningful distinction?; Chapter 2 The infinitive incident to full verbs; Chapter 3 The infinitive incident to auxiliary verbs; Chapter 4 The infinitive not incident to another verb; Chapter 5 The infinitive in the English verb system;

O autorze

Patrick Joseph Duffley