Thursday, October 13, 2011

What is a verb? (Linguistics)

What is a verb? (Linguistics)

 

Definition
  A verb is a member of the syntactic class of words that
 
  • typically signal events and actions
  • constitute, singly or in a phrase, a minimal predicate in a clause
  • govern the number and types of other constituents which may occur in the clause, and
  • in inflectional languages, may be inflected for
    • tense
    • aspect
    • voice
    • modality, or
    • agreement with other constituents in
      • person
      • number, or
      • grammatical gender.
Kinds
  Here are some kinds of verbs:
 
Generic
  A verb is a kind of
 

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