List of tables
Table 1.Sentence constituents
20
Table 2.Copula verbs (possible verbs used in the being pattern)
25
Table 3.Sentence constituents: A complete overview
31
Table 4.Coordinators
35
Table 5.Finite verb forms
48
Table 6.Non-finite verb forms
50
Table 7.Basic verb forms of regular and irregular verbs
51
Table 8.Auxiliary versus lexical verbs
61
Table 9.Verb forms: A complete overview
61
Table 10.Auxiliary verbs: A complete overview
62
Table 11.Ordering of auxiliaries and lexical verb in the verb phrase
63
Table 12.Multi-word verbs
81
Table 13.Types of lexical verbs
83
Table 14.Passive constructions
84
Table 15.Analyzing conventionalized passive constructions
85
Table 16.‘Open’ versus ‘closed’ word classes
88
Table 17.Open word classes
112
Table 18.Pronouns, articles, and numerals
113
Table 19.Connectors
114
Table 20.Lists of prepositions, subordinators, coordinators, and conjunctive adverbs
115
Table 21.Types of phrases
118
Table 22.Noun phrase
146
Table 23.Adjective phrase
147
Table 24.Adverb phrase
147
Table 25.Prepositional phrase
148
Table 26.Verb phrase
148
Table 27.Functions and realizations at sentence or clause level
152
Table 28.Review of typical sentence patterns
164
Table 29.Distinguishing sentences, clauses and phrases
173