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HAVE AS A FUNCTION WORD
Author(s) -
Fries Charles C.
Publication year - 1948
Publication title -
language learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.882
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1467-9922
pISSN - 0023-8333
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-1770.1948.tb00883.x
Subject(s) - citation , french fries , function (biology) , word (group theory) , linguistics , psychology , library science , history , computer science , philosophy , chemistry , food science , evolutionary biology , biology
HE ENGLISH WORD have not only expresses the full word meaning T “to possess,” “to own,” “to experience,” etc.; it also appears in a variety of structures with other verbs, as the signal of certain meanings sometimes classed as “aspect.” Of these meanings the one most usually described in the grammars is “completed action” indicated by have (has, had) together with a “past participle” form. There are, however, a t least two others that need special attention for practical teaching. The following statement seeks to furnish, not a complete description of all the details of these uses, but a helpful outline of only the chief contrasts. I. Each of the three “function word” meanings attaches to the word have in a particular construction which can be indicated in a brief formula. 11. The word have can appear in the same structure both as a function word and as a full word verb. 111. The word have can appear in several positions of various combinations of the structures shown in the formulas with a double structural use for a single have.