试论英语情态半助动词“BE TO”

前言 BE TO是一个饶有趣味的语言结构。它可能是由许多具有be+participle(or adjective)+to形式的动词性短语,经过升华作用而形成的一种特殊结构。这种结构在语法上以主要动词(principal verb)的形式出现,却起着助动词(auxiliary verb)的作用,故称为半助动词(semi-auxiliary verb)或准助动词(para-auxiliary verb),这种结构在语义上带有多种情态信息。为揭示其语法和语义特点,笔者称其为     

英语连系动词研究

Copulas are playing an important role in English。Having a comprehensire understanding of the whole family of copulas is essential in teaching as well as using English。 This paper mainly discusses their characteristics, classification, usage and history, and furthermore some of their variants. We'd like to present this paper to those of the same occupation as ours as an aid to cope with verbs of that kind. 1.0 英语动词的词性和词义具有明显的多重性。连系动词也不例外。几乎所有的     

试谈英语短语动词

现代英语中短语动词为用之广,数量之多,真是不堪胜述。在日常生活中,在科技文献里,可以说俯拾皆是。就是在诗歌中,也是屡见不鲜。现举以下三段文字为例,以窥一斑。