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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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Book category Knihy po anglicky Society & social sciences Psychology

• Full title: study of the aspecutal complements of 'begin' and 'start'
• Author: Xinzheng Zhao
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 60
• EAN: 9783639275834
• ISBN: 3639275837
• ID: 06834806
• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Weight: 100 g
• Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 4 mm
• Date of publishing: 13. August 2010

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