English -ed as Operator Exponence: Operator-Stack Theory of the -ed Projection Ladder, Its Typology, Diachrony, Narrative Consequences

Panner, Maks

ISBN 10: 9999342027 / ISBN 13: 9789999342025

Published by Eliva Press, 2026

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: English -ed as Operator Exponence: Operator-Stack Theory of the -ed Projection Ladder, Its Typology, Diachrony, Narrative Consequences
• Publisher: Eliva Press
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9999342027
• ISBN 13: 9789999342025
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Why does English -ed appear in ordinary past-tense clauses, stative passives, perfect constructions, and adjectival participles? Traditional grammars classify these uses. This book argues that classification is not enough. English -ed as Operator Exponence proposes that the recurring morphology is the overt trace of a single operator whose projections yield event, state, and attribute. From that claim, the book develops a broader operator-stack architecture for verbal meaning, linking morphology to perfects, passives, auxiliary ordering, typology, diachrony, narrative structure, and cognition. Written for linguists rather than mathematicians, it combines formal argument with continuous explanatory prose, diagrams, case studies, and a research program designed to invite further testing