Aspectual Verbs: a study of cease and continue
Two aspectual verbs, “cease” and “continue” do not conform to the usual opposition that exists between an infinitival complement and a gerund clause, and thus cannot be compared with “stop” or “carry on”. Unlike what happens with “stop”, the infinitive after “cease” does not express a goal, but, on...
Main Author: | Geneviève Girard-Gillet |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
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Series: | Anglophonia |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/1036 |
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