Changes in Complementation in British and American English
Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Grammar, Linguistics
| Author: | J. Rudanko | ISBN: | 9780230305199 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | April 5, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | J. Rudanko |
| ISBN: | 9780230305199 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | April 5, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
