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Non-finite Complementation
Author | : Thomas Egan |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2015-06-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 940120554X |
This book presents a comprehensive guide to the way speakers of British English use infinitive and –ing clauses as verbal complements. It contains details of the non-finite complementation patterns of over 300 matrix verbs, with a particular emphasis on verbs that occur with more than one type of non-finite complement. Drawing upon data from the British National Corpus, the author shows that some of the views which are to be found in the existing literature on these sorts of clauses are in conflict with the evidence of actual usage. He also shows that there is actually much more regularity in this area than has often been taken to be the case. Moreover, this regularity is shown to be motivated by cognitive-functional factors. An appendix contains details of the relative frequency of all of the constructions dealt with in the study, together with an example of each of them. The book is of interest to language teachers as well as linguists, both theoretical and applied.
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Author | : Kate Woodford |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1550 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780521824231 |
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the ideal dictionary for advanced EFL/ESL learners. Easy to use and with a great CD-ROM - the perfect learner's dictionary for exam success. First published as the Cambridge International Dictionary of English, this new edition has been completely updated and redesigned. - References to over 170,000 words, phrases and examples explained in clear and natural English - All the important new words that have come into the language (e.g. dirty bomb, lairy, 9/11, clickable) - Over 200 'Common Learner Error' notes, based on the Cambridge Learner Corpus from Cambridge ESOL exams Plus, on the CD-ROM: - SMART thesaurus - lets you find all the words with the same meaning - QUICKfind - automatically looks up words while you are working on-screen - SUPERwrite - tools for advanced writing, giving help with grammar and collocation - Hear and practise all the words.
A Brief History of English Syntax
Author | : Olga Fischer |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2017-06-08 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521768586 |
An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.
English Grammar
Author | : Angela Downing |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 652 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9780415287876 |
Presenting the linguistic basis for courses and projects on translation, contrastive linguistics, stylistics, reading and discourse studies, this book illustrates grammatical usage through authentic texts from a range of sources, both spoken and written. This new edition has been thoroughly rewritten and redesigned to include many new texts and examples of language in use. Key features include: chapters divided into modules of class-length materials; a wide variety of authentic texts and transcriptions to illustrate points of grammar and to contextualise structure; clear chapter and module summaries enabling efficient class preparation and student revision; exercises and topics for individual study; answer key for analytical exercises; comprehensive index; select biography; suggestions for further reading; and a companion website. This up-to-date descriptive grammar is a complete course for first degree and postgraduate students of English, and is particularly suited for those whose native language is not English.
Verbal Complement Clauses
Author | : Claudia Felser |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9789027227461 |
This monograph examines the syntax of bare infinitival and participial complements of perception verbs in English and other European languages, and investigates the general conditions under which verbal complement clauses are licensed. The introductory chapter is followed by an overview of the major syntactic and semantic characteristics of non-finite complements of perception verbs in English. The third chapter presents an analysis within the framework of Chomsky's (1995) Minimalist Program according to which event-denoting complements are minimally realised as projections of an aspectual head. In the next chapter, it is argued that verbs capable of licensing aspectual complement clauses must be able to function as a special type of control predicate, an assumption which is shown to account for a number of seemingly unrelated properties of the constructions under consideration. The final chapter examines syntactically reduced clausal complements from a cross-linguistic perspective, showing that Southern Romance languages differ from Germanic ones with respect to the availability of 'bare' aspectual complement clauses, a difference that is attributed to morphological properties of verbs in these languages.
A Student's Introduction to English Grammar
Author | : Rodney Huddleston |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2021-11-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1009092731 |
A new edition of a successful undergraduate textbook on contemporary international Standard English grammar, based on Huddleston and Pullum's earlier award-winning work, The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (2002). The analyses defended there are outlined here more briefly, in an engagingly accessible and informal style. Errors of the older tradition of English grammar are noted and corrected, and the excesses of prescriptive usage manuals are firmly rebutted in specially highlighted notes that explain what older authorities have called 'incorrect' and show why those authorities are mistaken. Intended for students in colleges or universities who have little or no background in grammar or linguistics, this teaching resource contains numerous exercises and online resources suitable for any course on the structure of English in either linguistics or English departments. A thoroughly modern undergraduate textbook, rewritten in an easy-to-read conversational style with a minimum of technical and theoretical terminology.
Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English
Author | : Paul Rickman |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 117 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3319729896 |
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.
The Verb Phrase in English
Author | : Bas Aarts |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 475 |
Release | : 2013-02-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1107016355 |
This volume features new and groundbreaking research on recent changes in the English verb phrase.
Verb Complementation in English
Author | : Solveig Granath |
Publisher | : ACTA Universitatis Gothoburgensis |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : |