Changes in complementation in British and American English: corpus-based studies on non-finite complements in recent English

"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 innovativ...

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Main Author: Rudanko, Juhani 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke [u.a.] Palgrave Macmillan 2011
Edition:1. publ.
Series:Palgrave studies in language history and language change
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Summary:"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"--
Item Description:Includes index
Physical Description:IX, 208 S.
ISBN:9780230537330
0230537332

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