Typical English Sentence Patterns

Jovanovska, Sashka and Talevska, Marija and Tashkoska, Marija (2024) Typical English Sentence Patterns. Academy Global Publishing House - New York, 6. pp. 50-56. ISSN ISBN: 978-625-6283-78-7

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Abstract

According to the book of Marjolijn Verspoor and Kim Sauter, 2000, in English, there are five
basic, prototypical sentence patterns. Most sentences you will come across, no matter how
complex, will be somewhat similar to one of these. However, they are usually much more
complex because often the constituents are very complex and long. Because the pattern that can
be used is very much dependent on the meaning of the verb in the predicator, the patterns are
named after very typical verbs for that pattern. The first three patterns are most common in
everyday language; the last two occur much less frequently. This paper shows that the precise
lexicon information on basic verbs and constructional constraints sensitive to the presence of
the verb can play important roles in predicting various related properties.
Key words: English sentence, copulas, transitive, verb phrase

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Humanities > Art (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) Humanities > Languages and literature Humanities > Other humanities
Divisions:	Faculty of Philology
Depositing User:	Saska Jovanovska
Date Deposited:	30 Oct 2024 09:06
Last Modified:	30 Oct 2024 09:06
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/34913

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