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Aspectual auxiliary verbs in Xitsonga
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2016 In Xitsonga, certain Aspectual Auxiliary verbs (AA verbs) appear with double subject agreement. While these AA verbs have been reported in the description of Xitsonga (Baumbach 1987: 250-252), a systematic morphosyntactic study of these constructions has
Seunghun J Lee, Crous Hlungwani
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A semantic approach to auxiliary selection with German verbs of motion. An empirical study
Catalan Journal of Linguistics, 2018 German manner-of-motion verbs can take both haben ‘have’ and sein ‘be’ as perfect auxiliaries. It has recently been proposed that, in these cases, auxiliary selection is determined by the feature [locomotion], where [+locomotion] triggers sein ‘be’ and [-
Wojciech Lewandowski
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Transactions of the Philological Society, 1988 In this paper we shall investigate the syntax of auxiliary verbs in Sardinian from two principal points of view. In the first part of the paper we shall attempt to devise criteria for distinguishing auxiliary verbs from other verbs which take a non-finite complement and, at the same time, to identify the class of verbs which qualify as auxiliaries in ...
M. A. Jones
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Hedging with modal auxiliary verbs in scientific discourse and women’s language
Open Linguistics, 2023 This Critical Discourse Analysis examines hedging as a linguistic device at the intersection of scientific discourse and women’s language. Hedging has been identified as a marker of scientific discourse where it is valued for expanding dialogic space for
Lindsay Susannah Schmauss, Kelly Kilian
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International Journal of Higher Education, 2021 This study was conducted at a university based in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The purpose of the study was to determine if the explicit instruction of selected grammar aspect, modal auxiliary verbs, improved students’ ability to write English. The study
Monica Dudu Luvuno, O. A. Ajani
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ERROR ANALYSIS OF USING AUXILIARY VERBS IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT
Journal of English Education and Teaching, 2021 Grammar is complexity in learning English it makes many students often commit errors in learning. Making errors in writing is one of the processes for learning English .The aim of this research was to describe the students’ errors and its causes in using
R. Sembiring +2 more
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A Study on the Characteristics of Modal Verbs and Auxiliary Verbs in Syntax
International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2021 In traditional grammar, two different kinds of T are found: modals and auxiliaries. Modals include words like can, could, must, shall, should, will, would, may, might and so on.
Shuangfeng Lei
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EFL Students’ Difficulties on Using Subject-Verb Agreement
Journal of English Education and Teaching, 2023 The purpose of this study is to determine the common subject-verb agreement difficulties that students encounter in the English Education Study Program at the University of Bengkulu. This study adopted a qualitative methodology.
Amara Aulia Putri, Erni Sukesi, Zahrida
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International journal of research - granthaalayah, 2020 This article analyses the uses of modal auxiliary verbs in reporting Covid-19 in selected articles in Daily Nation newspaper. Covid-19 is a member of the beta coronaviruses that can cause acute severe respiratory symptoms or possibly mild, cold-like ...
K. Odhiambo, Owala Silas Odhiambo
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Uluslararası Türk Lehçe Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023 Compound verbs are classified as simple (noun + auxiliary verb) compound verbs and descriptive verbs (verb + verb structure) in grammar books written with descriptive grammar method about Turkey Turkish.
Mehmet Vefa NALBANT
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