MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2011004157
003 DLC
005 20120518142150.0
008 110201s2011 enk 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011004157
020 $a9780230537330 (hardback)
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050 00 $aPE1319$b.R835 2011
082 00 $a425$222
084 $aLAN009000$aLAN014000$aLAN000000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aRudanko, Martti Juhani
245 10 $aChanges in complementation in British and American English :$bcorpus-based studies on non-finite complements in recent English /$cJuhani Rudanko.
260 $aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;$aNew York :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2011.
300 $aix, 208 p. ;$c23cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-206) and index.
520 $a"Arguing that a corpus-based approach is indispensable for the study of changes of complementation in British and American English, the author examines several central patterns of sentential complementation in a number of electronic corpora to shed light on the emergence and spread of innovative constructions in relatively recent English"--$cProvided by publisher.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: -- Introduction * Innovative Resultatives and the Perspective of Construction Grammar * Emergent Alternation in Complement Selection: The Spread of the Transitive into -ing Pattern to Unflavored * Verbs of Causation * Innovative Uses of the Transitive out of -ing Pattern in Different Text Types * Watching English Grammar Change: Sentential Complements of the Adjective Accustomed * Complements of Consent * Change Completed: Sentential Complements of the Verb Object * Sentential Complements of the Intrasitive Verb Commit * Conclusion * References * Index.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xComplement.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xGrammar, Comparative.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zGreat Britain.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zUnited States.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference$2bisacsh.
650 7 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General$2bisacsh.