Verbs Flashcards

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Lexical verb

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  • can be the only verb
  • can license O, PC, PC-comp, (non-) finite clause-comp
  • primary + secondary forms
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Auxiliary

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  • can undergo sub-aux-inversion in interrogative clauses
  • closed set
  • always have VP-comp
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Modal auxiliary

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  • can, may, will
  • can‘t be the only verb
  • negated by adding not
  • doesn’t show 3rd pers. sing. Inflection
  • only primary forms
  • take bare infinitival comp
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Non-modal auxiliary

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