Book contents
- Non-Finiteness
- Non-Finiteness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Leipzig Glossing Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Non-finiteness in the Literature
- 3 Theoretical Foundations
- 4 Basic Process Relations as One Solution to the Controversy
- 5 Non-finiteness as the Bridge for Process Compression
- 6 Revisiting the Controversial English Constructions with Non-finiteness
- 7 Revisiting the Controversial Chinese Constructions with Non-finiteness
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Index
6 - Revisiting the Controversial English Constructions with Non-finiteness
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2022
- Non-Finiteness
- Non-Finiteness
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Symbols and Abbreviations
- Leipzig Glossing Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Non-finiteness in the Literature
- 3 Theoretical Foundations
- 4 Basic Process Relations as One Solution to the Controversy
- 5 Non-finiteness as the Bridge for Process Compression
- 6 Revisiting the Controversial English Constructions with Non-finiteness
- 7 Revisiting the Controversial Chinese Constructions with Non-finiteness
- 8 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
It seems that non-finite clauses in English can be easily identified with the help of morphological indicators, but the fact is that non-finite clauses are often ambiguous in meaning and intermediate in construction. Chapter 6 revisits the controversial English constructions with non-finiteness according to the definition, construction types and principles proposed in the previous chapters. The process-relation perspective provides a good answer for the controversial issues in the causative and non-causative constructions, the serial verb construction, the absolute construction, and other ambiguous non-finite constructions.
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- Non-FinitenessA Process-Relation Perspective, pp. 143 - 162Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022