Infinitives and gerunds in recent English : studies on non-finite complements with data from large corpora /: studies on non-finite complements with data from large corpora. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Juhani Rudanko.
• Authors: Rudanko, Martti Juhani
• Contents: Infinitives and Gerunds in Recent English; Acknowledgments; Contents; List of Corpora; List of Tables; 1 Introduction; Notes; 2 Non-Finite Complements of the Verb Consent in Current American and British English; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Subject Control Complements of the Verb Consent in American and British English; 2.3 Accounting for Grammatical Variation with the Verb Consent in Current American and British English; 2.4 Concluding Observations; Notes; 3 Non-Finite Complements of the Adjective Subject in Recent American English; 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Non-Finite Complements of the Adjective Subject in COHA3.3 Concluding Observations; Note; 4 The Semantics of to Infinitives and of -ing Complements: A Case Study on the Adjective Ashamed; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Choice Principle and Non-Finite Complements of Ashamed; 4.3 Concluding Observations; Notes; 5 Lexico-Grammatical Creativity in American Soap Operas: A Case Study of the Transitive into -ing Pattern; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Creativity of the Transitive into -ing Pattern: a Framework and Illustrations; 5.3 On the Semantics of Creative Uses of the Transitive into -ing Pattern. 5.4 Concluding Observations6 Concluding Observations; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 428.2; English language -- Infinitive; English language -- Gerund; English language -- Grammar; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General; English language -- Gerund; English language -- Grammar; English language -- Infinitive; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319463131; 3319463136
• Related ISBNs: 9783319463124; 3319463128
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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