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Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey N. Leech, Susan Conrad and Edward Finegan
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232] 2021
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Chapter 5
Verbs
Article outline
5.1
Major verb functions and classes
5.1.1
Frequency of lexical, modal, and primary auxiliary verbs
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.1.2
Distribution of lexical verbs and copula be across registers
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2
Single-word lexical verbs
5.2.1
Classification of verbs into semantic domains
5.2.1.1
Major semantic domains of single-word verbs
5.2.1.2
Distribution of semantic domains
corpus findings
discussion of findings
Activity verbs are most5.2.1.3
Semantic domains of verbs
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.2
Most common lexical verbs
5.2.2.1
Overall use of the most common lexical verbs
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
5.2.2.2
Most common verbs in each register
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.3
Verbs with animate and inanimate subjects
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
5.2.4
Valency patterns for single-word lexical verbs
5.2.4.1
Valencies of common verbs across semantic domains
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
5.2.4.2
Variation in verb valency patterns
5.2.4.3
Intransitive and monotransitive patterns
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.4.4
Intransitive, monotransitive, and complex transitive patterns
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.4.5
Intransitive, monotransitive, and ditransitive patterns
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.4.6
Monotransitive and ditransitive but not intransitive patterns
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.4.7
Verbs taking almost all patterns
corpus findings
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
5.2.4.8
General patterns
5.2.5
Regular lexical verb inflections
5.2.5.1
Consonant doubling of regularly inflected verbs
5.2.5.2
Doubling of base-final l followed by -ed across dialects
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.6
Irregular lexical verb inflections
5.2.6.1
Classes of irregular verbs
5.2.6.2
Regular and irregular forms
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
5.2.6.3
Got and gotten
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.2.7
Verb derivation
5.2.7.1
Most frequent verb derivational affixes
5.2.7.2
Productivity of verb derivational affixes
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3
Multi-word lexical verbs
5.3.1
Features distinguishing multi-word verb combinations
5.3.1.1
Multi-word combinations functioning as different structural categories
5.3.2
Phrasal verbs
5.3.2.1
Semantic domains of phrasal verbs
5.3.2.2
Register distribution of phrasal verbs
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3.2.3
The most common phrasal verbs
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3.2.4
Productivity of particular verbs and adverbial particles
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3.3
Prepositional verbs
5.3.3.1
Semantic domains of prepositional verbs
5.3.3.2
Register distribution of prepositional verbs
CORPUS FINDING
discussion of findings
5.3.3.3
The most common prepositional verbs
discussion of findings
5.3.3.4
Productivity of particular verbs and prepositions
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3.4
Phrasal-prepositional verbs
5.3.4.1
Register distribution of phrasal-prepositional verbs
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3.4.2
The most common phrasal-prepositional verbs
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.3.5
Other multi-word verb constructions
5.4
Main and auxiliary functions of primary verbs
5.4.1
Be
5.4.2
Have
5.4.3
Do
5.4.3.1
Main verb do in idiomatic expressions
5.4.3.2
Do as pro-verb
5.4.3.3
Register distribution of main verb and pro-verb do
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.4.3.4
Auxiliary do in emphatic function
5.4.3.5
Lexical associations of emphatic do
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.4.3.6
Auxiliary do-support in negatives and interrogatives
5.5
Copular verbs
5.5.1
Verbs functioning as copulas
5.5.2
Complements of copular verbs
5.5.3
Register distribution of copular verbs and common predicative adjectives
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.5.3.1
Current (non-sensory) copular verbs
5.5.3.2
Sensory copular verbs
5.5.3.3
Resulting copular verbs
5.5.4
Valency patterns of the copulas be, seem, and appear
5.5.4.1
Complement types with be, seem, and appear
corpus findings
discussion of findings
5.5.4.2
Subject and complement types with be
corpus findings
discussion of findings