Lessons on the English Verb

No Expression Without Representation

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Grammar
Cover of the book Lessons on the English Verb by Walter Hirtle, MQUP
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Author: Walter Hirtle ISBN: 9780773577916
Publisher: MQUP Publication: March 19, 2007
Imprint: MQUP Language: English
Author: Walter Hirtle
ISBN: 9780773577916
Publisher: MQUP
Publication: March 19, 2007
Imprint: MQUP
Language: English

Guillaume's theory of psychomechanics views language as systematic and semiotic, with the use of verb forms governed by the meaning we want to express, which is embedded in the unconscious resources of one's native tongue rather than in rules. Through his application of Guillaume's framework Walter Hirtle provides original insights on such topics as the treatment of the progressive and the perfect in English, the use of 'do' as an auxiliary in questions and negations, and tense and its relation to aspect and mood. Hirtle is the former director of the Fonds Gustave Guillaume, an archive of 60,000 manuscript pages of the theorist's work, housed at Laval University, the world centre for the study of psychomechanics.

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Guillaume's theory of psychomechanics views language as systematic and semiotic, with the use of verb forms governed by the meaning we want to express, which is embedded in the unconscious resources of one's native tongue rather than in rules. Through his application of Guillaume's framework Walter Hirtle provides original insights on such topics as the treatment of the progressive and the perfect in English, the use of 'do' as an auxiliary in questions and negations, and tense and its relation to aspect and mood. Hirtle is the former director of the Fonds Gustave Guillaume, an archive of 60,000 manuscript pages of the theorist's work, housed at Laval University, the world centre for the study of psychomechanics.

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