Comparative Concept: auxiliary (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
auxiliary (cxn)
Typ | construction |
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Alias(se) | auxiliary |
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Definition
the element expressing TAMP - meaning in an auxiliary construction. Example: in The cats have eaten, have is the auxiliary in the auxiliary construction have eaten. (Section 13.4)