Aspect in the English Verb : Process and Result in Language (Longman Linguistics Library) Book

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgements
Pt. I	Aspect in the English Verb	1
1	Introduction: aspects of 'aspect'	3
Pt. II	Process versus Result in the lexicon: 'performative verbs'	25
2	Do versus make	27
Pt. III	Process versus Result in the lexicon: 'sensory verbs'	51
3	Look versus see	53
4	Listen versus hear	79
Pt. IV	Process versus Result in the lexicon: 'speech act verbs'	109
5	Say versus tell	111
6	Speak versus talk	137
Pt. V	Process versus Result in grammar: 'aspectual verbs'	159
7	Begin versus start	161
8	End versus finish	192
9	Shut versus close	222
Pt. VI	From lexicon to grammar: 'grammaticalization'	247
10	Auxiliary verbs I: (Process) do versus (Result) get	249
11	Auxiliary verbs II: the be versus have versus get system	280
Pt. VII	From grammar to lexicon: the search for isomorphy	315
12	'Irregular' verbs and infinitives	317
	Bibliography	355
	Name index	384
	Subject index	390