Function of auxiliary verbs in English

소개글

본 자료는 영어에서 조동사의 기능에 대해 조사한 페이퍼 이다.

영어학 또는 언어학 관련 수업을 듣는 학생 중 특히 조동사와 관련하여 페이퍼를 써야하는 학생에게 필요한 정보를 제공해 줄 것이다.

쉬운 이해를 돕기위해 많은 예문을 추가하였다.

목차

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Properties of auxiliaries
4. Auxiliary do
5. Auxiliary be
6. Have
7. Auxiliary inversion
8. Modals
9. Dynamic modality
10. Deontic modality
11. Epistemic modality
12. Conclusion

본문내용

This paper discusses functions of auxiliary system in English. The main function of auxiliaries is to help main verbs. In English, auxiliaries are closely associated with main verbs. When auxiliary verbs add new meanings to main verbs, the main verbs experience semantic or morphologic changes. Auxiliary verbs have several features as follows: (1) Auxiliaries do not appear independently – they always occur with main verbs, and are posited before the main verbs. Homer is studying syntax. (2) Modals are included in a domain of auxiliaries. (3) Auxiliaries allow inversion in various cases and occur at the beginning of sentences.

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Through analysis of lexical entries of (a) and (b), Falk (2008) argues that the auxiliary did, in the sentence (b), is merely an analytic expression of the tense feature and believes that (b) is ungrammatical unless did is stressed. However, in (c), auxiliary did correctly supports the main verb take and it is inverted in (d). From this analysis, we can discover that auxiliary do occurs in negative, interrogative, and declarative statements when it is stressed.

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