Complementation In British And American English

Author : Martti Juhani Rudanko
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complementation in British and American English written by Martti Juhani Rudanko and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complementation in British and American English applies a new empirical methodology to the study of the English language. It focuses on predicate complementation as a core area of English grammar on the basis of the Bank of English Corpus. At over 600 million words, this electronic corpus is the largest systematic corpus of the language in existence today.

Author : J. Rudanko
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230305199
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changes in Complementation in British and American English written by J. Rudanko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book shows how the system of English predicate complementation has been undergoing an amazing amount of variation and change in recent centuries, and identifies explanatory principles to account for this change and variation, with evidence from large electronic corpora of both British and American English.

Author : M. Höglund
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137450061
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Complementation written by M. Höglund and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents the latest work in the field of complementation studies. Leading scholars and upcoming researchers in the area approach complementation from various perspectives and different frameworks, such as Cognitive Grammar and construction grammars, to offer a broad survey of the field and provide thought-provoking reading.

Author : Mark Kaunisto
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027264228
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Structures written by Mark Kaunisto and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of eleven research articles which altogether serve as a contribution to the study of verb complementation and other constructions, an area of investigation which bridges observations on the spectrum of lexico-grammar, syntax, and semantics. In terms of methodological approaches and the types of linguistic patterns examined, the chapters cast light on the subject from a variety of perspectives, and the volume is structured in a way that groups the various perspectives under three main themes according to their main focus and/or methodological approaches, namely: the semantic and functional descriptions of constructions; the investigation into the distribution of complementation patterns; and the study of innovative patterns in ESL contexts and languages other than English. All chapters in this volume employ data from large electronic corpora where possible – the BNC, COCA, COHA, GloWbE, NOW, and newly compiled corpora representing regional varieties of English.

Author : Bas Aarts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139619659
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Verb Phrase in English written by Bas Aarts and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-02-14 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in this volume feature new and groundbreaking research carried out by leading scholars and promising young researchers from around the world on recent changes in the English verb phrase. Drawing on authentic corpus data, the papers consider both spoken and written English in several genres. Each contribution pays particular attention to the methodologies used for investigating short-term patterns of change in English, with detailed discussions of controversies in this area. This cutting-edge collection is essential reading for historians of the English language, syntacticians and corpus linguists.

Author : Hubert Cuyckens
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263841
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Explorations in English Historical Syntax written by Hubert Cuyckens and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-08-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume cover a wide range of interrelated syntactic phenomena, from the history of core arguments, to complements and non-finite clauses, elements in the clause periphery, as well as elements with potential scope over complete sentences and even larger discourse chunks. In one way or another, however, they all testify to an increasing awareness that even some of the most central phenomena of syntax – and the way they develop over time – are best understood by taking into account their communicative functions and the way they are processed and represented by speakers’ cognitive apparatus. In doing so, they show that historical syntax, and historical linguistics in general, is witnessing a convergence between formerly distinct linguistic frameworks and traditions. With this fusion of traditions, the trend is undeniably towards a richer and more broadly informed understanding of syntactic change and the history of English. This volume will be of great interest to scholars of (English) historical syntax and historical linguistics within the cognitive-linguistic as well as the generative tradition.

Author : Nuria Hernández
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110240297
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modals, Pronouns and Complement Clauses written by Nuria Hernández and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-12-23 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second volume of the multi-volume set A Contemporary Grammar of British English Dialects. The book again offers qualitative as well as corpus-based quantitative studies on grammatical variation in the British Isles. The three parts investigate complement clauses (Daniela Kolbe), personal pronouns (Nuria Hernández) and modals (Monika Edith Schulz). The volume is of interest to dialectologists, sociolinguists, typologists, historical linguists, grammarians, and anyone working on the structure of spontaneous spoken English.

Author : Juhani Rudanko
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319463136
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Infinitives and Gerunds in Recent English written by Juhani Rudanko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the grammar of to infinitives and gerundial -ing clauses, which is a central area at the interface of syntax and semantics, against the background of what has been called the Great Complement Shift. Over the course of six chapters, the author explores the semantic properties of constructions where the general spread of gerundial -ing clauses occurs at the expense of to infinitives. The author draws on large electronic corpora, ensuring that new perspectives are opened on the basis of authentic corpus evidence. He identifies trends of variation and change in the use of the two constructions and proposes The Choice Principle, an innovative perspective on the semantics of to infinitives and gerundial -ing complements. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working on English grammar or the recent history of English grammar.

Author : J. Rudanko
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113750949X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Linking Form and Meaning written by J. Rudanko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-02-02 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book documents changes and trends in English predicate complementation. In-depth case studies of grammatical patterns presented here uncover new links between form and meaning in these constructions, offering fresh insights into explanatory principles to account for variation and change in the system of English predicate complementation.

Author : Viola Wiegand
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311048711X
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture written by Viola Wiegand and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-11-18 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture demonstrates the potential of corpus linguistic methods for investigating language patterns across a range of contexts. Organised in three sections, the chapters range from detailed case studies on lexico-grammatical patterns to fundamental discussions of meaning as part of the ‘discourse, contexts and cultures’ theme. The final part on ‘learner contexts’ specifically emphasises the need for mixed-method approaches and the consideration of pedagogical implications for real world contexts. Beyond its contribution to current debates in the field, this edited volume indicates new directions in cross-disciplinary work.