In:English Sentence Constructions
Marjolijn H. Verspoor, Tim Kassenberg, Merel Keijzer and Gregory J. Poarch
[Not in series 240] 2022
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List of tables
Table 1.Sentence constituents20
Table 2.Copula verbs (possible verbs used in the being pattern)25
Table 3.Sentence constituents: A complete overview31
Table 4.Coordinators35
Table 5.Finite verb forms48
Table 6.Non-finite verb forms50
Table 7.Basic verb forms of regular and irregular verbs51
Table 8.Auxiliary versus lexical verbs61
Table 9.Verb forms: A complete overview61
Table 10.Auxiliary verbs: A complete overview62
Table 11.Ordering of auxiliaries and lexical verb in the verb phrase63
Table 12.Multi-word verbs81
Table 13.Types of lexical verbs83
Table 14.Passive constructions84
Table 15.Analyzing conventionalized passive constructions85
Table 16.‘Open’ versus ‘closed’ word classes88
Table 17.Open word classes112
Table 18.Pronouns, articles, and numerals113
Table 19.Connectors114
Table 20.Lists of prepositions, subordinators, coordinators, and conjunctive adverbs115
Table 21.Types of phrases118
Table 22.Noun phrase146
Table 23.Adjective phrase147
Table 24.Adverb phrase147
Table 25.Prepositional phrase148
Table 26.Verb phrase148
Table 27.Functions and realizations at sentence or clause level152
Table 28.Review of typical sentence patterns164
Table 29.Distinguishing sentences, clauses and phrases173
