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1、LinguisticAnalysesofEnglishNon-finite-ingVerbFormsAcknowledgementsIamgreatlyindebtedtomanypeoplewhohavehelpedmeatthevariousstagesofmygraduatework.Firstofall,Iwishtoextendmydeepestgratitudetomysupervisor,Prof.ZhuYue,forhisinvaluableguidance,insightfulsuggestions,incrediblepatienceandcontinuousen

2、couragement.Despitehisoverwhelmingpreoccupationswithteachingandadministrativemanagement,hereadthroughthedraftsofthisthesiswithgreatcareandpatience.SpecialthanksalsogotoProf.ChenDezhangandProf.ChenGuohua(bothfromBeijingForeignStudiesUniversity)fortheirenormousguidancethatledmeintothisfascinating

3、worldoflinguistics,andfortheirgreathelpduringtheprocessofwritingthisthesis.IammuchobligedtoGordonWoodandRobertOvsak,twoAmericanlanguageexpertsfromAmityFund,whohavecheckedthelanguageofthispaperindetail.GratefulnessisalsoduetothegreathelpgivenbyNationalLibraryandthelibraryofBeijingForeignStudiesU

4、niversity,whereIgotthesufficientmaterialtosupportthisthesiswhileIwasengagedinthewritingofthispaperasavisitingscholarintheSchoolofEnglishLanguagesofBFSU.Furthermore,Ioweobligationstomyfamily,fromwhomIdrawnever-endingwisdomandinspiration.Theyprovidemewithadvice,comfortandsupportinever-greaterquan

5、tityandquality.Itwastheircontinuoussupportandencouragementthatledmethroughthisstrenuousprocessofthesiswriting.Withouttheirunfailingguidanceandsupport,thecompletionofthisthesiswouldhavebeenimpossible.viiAbstractEnglishmainverbsalwaysplayadominantroleinthesentence.Dependingonwhethertheyaremarkedi

6、ntermsoftenseormood,verbsareclassifiedintofiniteandnon-finite.Somegrammarians,representedbyOttoJespersen(1933;1940),A.J.Thomson(1980)andA.V.Martinet(1980),thinkthatinfinitive,participle(-ingparticipleand-ed/enparticiple)andgerundarethreenon-finiteverbforms.ButothergrammarianslikeRandolphQuirk(1

7、974;1980;1985),SidneyGreenbaum(1974;1980;1985),GeoffreyLeech(1980;1985),JanSvartvik(1980;1985),etc.holdtheviewthatthereareonlytwonon-finiteverbforms–infinitiveandparticiple(ibid).Theyusetheterm“-ingclause”tocoverthetwoforms–-ingpa