Chapter 4. The roles of verbs

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Chapter 4
The roles of verbs

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4.1Introduction
- 4.1.1Language acquisition and adult language use
- 4.1.2A methodological question
4.2Expressing different degrees of certainty
- 4.2.1Yes, no, possibly or perhaps
- 4.2.2The English modals
- 4.2.3Form and meaning of modal constructions
- 4.2.4Combining modal and other constructions
4.3Using verbs to refer to time
- 4.3.1Problems of the morphological analysis of English verb forms
- 4.3.2Tense and person constructions
  - 4.3.2.1Present and past-tense constructions
  - 4.3.2.2Combining tense constructions with other constructions
- 4.3.3Referring to the future
  - 4.3.3.1Referring to future time with the will construction
  - 4.3.3.2The be-going-to-v construction
- 4.3.4Other multi-word constructions used to express ‘time’
4.4The progressive construction
4.5The perfective construction
- 4.5.1Form and meaning of the perfective construction
- 4.5.2Relating the perfective construction to other constructions
4.6The passive construction
- 4.6.1Active and passive
- 4.6.2Combining the passive construction with other constructions
4.7More complex combinations
4.8Subjunctive mood constructions
4.9Negation and the do-support construction
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