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The verbs do and have can also function as full verbs or as light verbs, which can be a source of confusion about their status. The modal verbs (can...

Japanese verbs, like the verbs of many other languages, can be morphologically modified to change their meaning or grammatical function – a process known...

transitive verb or a finite intransitive verb can function as the root of an independent clause. Finite verbs are distinguished from non-finite verbs such as...

linguistics a lexical verb or main verb is a member of an open class of verbs that includes all verbs except auxiliary verbs. Lexical verbs typically express...

used to refer to such principal verbs, it may also be used for a wider group of verbs with similar potential functions (like become, get, feel and seem...

detailed below. Attention is paid to both form and function. Nouns can be distinguished from verbs syntactically in that the copula là "to be" may precede...

hat is my father (it behaves as a verb in taking an object, a hat, although the resulting phrase wearing a hat functions like an attributive adjective in...

traditional grammar of Modern English, a phrasal verb typically constitutes a single semantic unit consisting of a verb followed by a particle (examples: turn down...

would, ought to, used to and dare. Modal verbs have a wide variety of communicative functions, but these functions can generally be related to a scale ranging...

In linguistic typology, a subject–object–verb (SOV) language is one in which the subject, object, and verb of a sentence always or usually appear in that...

regular verb is any verb whose conjugation follows the typical pattern, or one of the typical patterns, of the language to which it belongs. A verb whose...

characters. Proto-Indo-European verbs reflect a complex system of morphology, more complicated than the substantive, with verbs categorized according to their...

Common verbs in English that can function as light verbs are do, give, have, make, get, and take. Other names for light verb include delexical verb, vector...

A nonfinite verb, in contrast to a finite verb, is a derivative form of a verb that lacks inflection (conjugation) for number or person. In the English...

compound verb or complex predicate is a multi-word compound that functions as a single verb. One component of the compound is a light verb or vector...

All Indo-European verbs that passed into Germanic as functioning verbs were strong, apart from the small group of irregular verbs discussed below. The...

partaking'; abbr. PTCP) is a nonfinite verb form that has some of the characteristics and functions of both verbs and adjectives. More narrowly, participle...

ger) is any of various nonfinite verb forms in various languages; most often, but not exclusively, it is one that functions as a noun. The name is derived...

their changing functions. Verbs are marked for tense, aspect, mood, person, and number (resulting in up to fifty conjugated forms per verb). Nouns follow...

transitive verb is a verb that accepts one or more objects, for example, 'to enjoy' in Donald enjoys music. This contrasts with intransitive verbs, which...