Matthiessen (1995: 730):
Examples:
positive & finite: modal & unmarked focus & secondary: past & active
Blogger Comments:
This misconstrues and misrepresents the univariate structure of the verbal group. Because there are only two features selected, modal and past, there are only two elements of univariate structure: the expression of modality and the secondary past tense have + V-en: (with the -en not realised phonologically or graphologically for this irregular verb):
should have become
α modal β past
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