Zhao, X: Study of the aspecutal complements of 'begin' and ' The difference between 'beging to V' and 'begin V-ing'
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
17.08.2010
Verlag
VDMSeitenzahl
60
Maße (L/B/H)
22/15/0.4 cm
Gewicht
107 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-639-27583-4
The main purpose of this thesis is to study the aspectual complements of the aspectualizers begin and start. Aspectualizers are verbs that give aspectual readings to the sentence. I started with a summary of Freed's (1978) analysis. In this summary, semantic differences among seven aspectualizers that take to V and V-ing complements were explained. The semantic distinction between to V and V-ing was also discussed. Following the summary, a brief research on aspectual complements was conducted. Based on Freed's analysis, I first examined the difference in meaning and in frequency of occurrence between the to V and the V-ing complement of the two aspectualizers. My research revealed some interesting problems that Freed failed to address. These problems blur the difference between the to V and the V-ing complement of begin and start that Freed claims. Through the research, however, I failed to pinpoint the significant difference, too. More research on this issue should be done in the future.
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