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corpus-based studies on non-finite complements in recent English

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An edition of Changes in complementation in British and American English (2011)

Changes in complementation in British and American English

corpus-based studies on non-finite complements in recent English

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"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"--

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Palgrave Macmillan, Springer
Language
English
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217

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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Comparative Grammar, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Complement, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference, English language, English language, grammar, Americanisms, Amerikaans, Engels, Complement (taalkunde), Ergänzung (Linguistik), Sprachwandel

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Table of Contents

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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.

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Includes index.

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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, New York

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425
Library of Congress
PE1319 .R835 2011, P140-143.3P40-40.5P1

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Number of pages
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9780230537330
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2011004157
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290433016

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