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Verb classification
- Causative verb, complex transitive, perfomative use of a verb, atelic telic stative
dynamic
- types of verbs (auxiliary, modal, copular, lexical) di:erences between get and is
1.1. Formal classification.
Single word verbs or multi word verbs
multi word verbs:
Prepositional- adverbial is the only thing that can separate it.
phrasal - subject is movable personal pronoun in between.
Phrasal Prepositional.
1.2 Syntactic semantic classification.
1. Intransitive doesn't need an object. – sv sva
2. Transitive needs a direct object. Can be mono transitive SVO, ditransitiveSVOO,
complex transitive SVOdCo SVOdA
3 Copular. connect a subject and a property. can be current Bе, copular can be
replaced by Bе and resulting become. can be replaced by become. SVCs
Transitive verbs can be.
A. reflexive yourself, oneself performed on their own. I hurt myself.
B. Reciprocal, mutual, each other, one another.
C. Causative- to cause something to happen. – he made me laugh
1.3 Semantic classification.
1. telic versus atelic.
Telic – needs endpoint, action requiring completion – the train will arrive in an hour
Atelic – ongoing, no endpoint – I have been working here for an hour
2. dynamic and stative
dynamic – occurences – I drive kids to school everyday
stative – I have known him for five years
3. perfomative – only works with one person, I promise to you all tomorrow; I bet I
agree I beg
