Infinitives and Gerunds in Recent English

Studies on Non-Finite Complements with Data from Large Corpora

AvJuhani Rudanko

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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This book explores the grammar of to infinitives and gerundial -ing clauses, which is a central area at the interface of syntax and semantics, against the background of what has been called the Great Complement Shift.

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Utgivningsdatum:2016-11-10
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:88
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783319463124

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Juhani Rudanko is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Tampere, Finland. Previous books include Complementation and Case Grammar (1989), Prepositions and Complement Clauses (1996), Changes in Complementation (2011) and Linking Form and Meaning (2015).

Innehållsförteckning

- Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Non-Finite Complements of the Verb Consent in Current American and British English.- Chapter 3: Non-finite Complements of the Adjective Subject in Recent American English.- Chapter 4: The Semantics of to Infinitives and of -ing Complements: a Case Study on the Adjective Ashamed.- Chapter 5: Lexico-Grammatical Creativity in American Soap Operas: a Case Study of Transitive into -ing Pattern.- Chapter 6: Concluding Observations.