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Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018)
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This book showcases fresh research into the underexplored territory
of complementation through a detailed analysis of gerunds and 'to'
infinitives involving control in English. Drawing on large
electronic corpora of recent English, it examines subject control
in adjectival predicate constructions with 'scared', 'terrified'
and 'afraid', moving on to a study of object control with the
verbal predicate 'warn'. In each chapter a case study is presented
of a matrix adjective that selects both infinitival and gerundial
complements, and a central theme is the application of the Choice
Principle as a novel factor bearing on complement selection. The
authors argue that it is helpful to view the patterns in question
as constructions, as combinations of form and meaning, within the
system of English predicate complementation, and convincingly
demonstrate how a new gerundial pattern has emerged and spread in
the course of the last two centuries. This book will appeal to
scholars of semantics, corpus linguistics, and historical
linguistics as well as those with an interest in variation and
change in recent English more generally.
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