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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 A Puzzle 1

1.2 The Organization of This Book 9

CHAPTER 2 AN ANALYSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE MIXED PROGRESSIVE 11

2.1 Broader Picture:Gerund and Progressive Form in History 12

2.2 Solution to the Appearance of the Mixed Progressive 19

2.3 Reason for the Appearance of the BNG in the Mixed Progressive 27

2.4 Summary 36

CHAPTER 3 AN ANALYSIS OF THE DECLINE OF THE MIXED PROGRESSIVE 40

3.1 Further Reflection upon Jespersen's"Amalgamation"Hypothesis 41

3.2 Parallelism between Verbal Gerund and PE Progressive Form 46

3.3 Disappearance of the Mixed Progressive 54

3.4 Summary 57

CHAPTER 4 AN ANALYSIS OF OTHER NOMINAL GERUND/PRESENT PARTICIPLE CONSTRUCTIONS 60

4.1 Nominal Gerund in Participle Construction 60

4.2 Nominal Gerund in Manner Participle Construction 62

4.3 Nominal Gerund Following Perception Verbs 63

4.4 Summary 64

CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND FURTHER PERSPECTIVES 66

NOTES 71

REFERENCES 80

APPENDIX 84