Reclaiming Control as a Semantic and Pragmatic Phenomenon - Duffley, Patrick J. 1956- (John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014)
Description based upon print version of record. - 3. Verbs which have subject control with the gerund-participle
Reclaiming Control as a Semantic and Pragmatic Phenomenon; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Linguistic Semantics and Pragmatics -- what is said and what is not; Chapter 2. The phenomenon of control; Chapter 3. The meaning of the to-Infinitive and of the Gerund-participle; Chapter 4. Control with the Infinitive and Gerund-participle in subject function; 1. Introduction; 2. Controller identified intra-sententially; 3. Controller identified extra-sententially
Chapter 5. Control with the infinitive and gerund-participle as direct complement of another verb1. The gerund-participle; 2. The infinitive; 3. The explanation of control; 4. Verbs of choice; 5. Verbs of risk; Chapter 6. Control in structures with non-finite verb forms in both subject and complement functions; 1. Introduction; 2. The natural-language semantic categories involved in control structures with non-finite verb forms in both subject and complement functions; 2.1 The semantic content of the non-finite subject; 2.2 The lexical-semantic content of the main verb
2.3 The semantic content of the complement2.4 The nature of the relationship between the non-finite subject and the main verb; 2.5 The nature of the relationship between the complement and the main verb; 3. Verbs denoting entailment; 4. Verbs denoting risk; 5. Verbs denoting facilitation; 6. Verbs expressing the notion of requirement; 7. Verbs denoting inclusion and exclusion; 8. Verbs expressing avoidance; 9. Verbs denoting justification; 10. Conclusions; Chapter 7. Control in adjective + to-infinitive constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. Subject=subject constructions
3. Subject=object constructions4. Conclusions; Chapter 8. Control in verb + NP + to-infinitive constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. What the ICE-GB corpus shows; 3. What the ICE-GB doesn't show; 4. Conclusions; Chapter 9. Control in verb + to + gerund-participle vs. verb + to + infinitive constructions; 1. Introduction; 2. Verbs expressing the notion of agreement; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The verb agree; 2.3 The verb consent; 2.4 The verb assent; 2.5 The verb acquiesce; 2.6 The verb accede; 2.7 The verb subscribe; 2.8 The verb submit; 2.9 The verb commit