The German and English Auxiliary Systems and Complex Predicates.

McCormick, Terrence C.

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Publication Date: 1976

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The German and English Auxiliary Systems and Complex Predicates

McCormick, Terrence C.

Unterrichtspraxis, 9, 2, 79-87, F 76

This paper explores the auxiliary systems of English and German and the use of the auxiliary verbs in various complex predicate structures in the two languages. It aims at alleviating two types of problems in learning German involving governing patterns and ordering problems in clauses. (CHK)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Language Instruction, Language Usage, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Structural Analysis, Transformational Generative Grammar, Verbs

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