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Auxiliary Constructions

Auxiliary Constructions is a syntactic category in aspect semantics comprising composite verb forms that incorporate auxiliary verbs to express aspectual distinctions, distinguished by their functional role in marking temporal and modal features that modify the core verbal meaning.

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240

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132

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2017–2026

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Auxiliary Verb Constructions

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175

Grammatical Constructions and Linguistic Generalizations: The <i>What's X doing Y?</i> Construction

Paul Kay, Charles J. Fillmore · Language · 1999 · 1.1K citations

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Gradients in Auxiliary Selection with Intransitive Verbs

Antonella Sorace · Language · 2000 · 858 citations

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TOWARD A MODULAR THEORY OF AUXILIARY SELECTION

Richard S. Kayne · Studia Linguistica · 1993 · 652 citations

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<b>Auxiliaries:</b> Cognitive forces and grammaticalization. By Bernd Heine. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. Pp. xi, 162. Cloth $45.00.

Susan Steele · Language · 1994 · 519 citations

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Grammatical constructions and linguistic generalizations: The What's X doing Y? construction

Charles J. Fillmore · Language · 1999 · 393 citations

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Authors

240

  1. AT
    Anna Theakston

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 277 citations

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  2. EL
    Elena Lieven

    University of Manchester, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 202 citations

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  3. AS
    Antonella Sorace

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. CF
    Caroline F. Rowland

    University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 224 citations

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  5. GK
    Geoffrey K. Pullum

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    3 publications · 265 citations

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Institutions

132

  1. University of Manchester

    Manchester, United Kingdom

    9 h-index

    13 publications

    677 citations

  2. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.3K citations

  3. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    586 citations

  4. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    315 citations

  5. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    207 citations

  6. University of Liverpool

    Liverpool, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    260 citations

  7. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    85 citations

  8. Simon Fraser University

    Burnaby, Canada

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    187 citations

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Venues

  1. Language

    14 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Linguistics

    8 publications · 391 citations

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  3. Linguistics

    7 publications · 257 citations

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  4. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research

    JSLHR · 6 publications · 256 citations

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  5. Journal of Child Language

    5 publications · 169 citations

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