Changing structures : studies in constructions and complementation / edited by Mark Kaunisto, Mikko Hoglund, Paul Rickman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaunisto, Mark, editor.

Rickman, Paul, 1973- editor.

Höglund, Mikko, 1983- editor.

Series:

Studies in language companion series (SLCS) ; 195

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Complement.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Structural linguistics--Data processing.

Structural linguistics.

Semantics, Comparative.

Construction grammar.

Linguistic change.

Computational linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (246 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

Summary:

This book is a collection of eleven research articles which altogether serve as a contribution to the study of verb complementation and other constructions, an area of investigation which bridges observations on the spectrum of lexico-grammar, syntax, and semantics. In terms of methodological approaches and the types of linguistic patterns examined, the chapters cast light on the subject from a variety of perspectives, and the volume is structured in a way that groups the various perspectives under three main themes according to their main focus and/or methodological approaches, namely: the semantic and functional descriptions of constructions; the investigation into the distribution of complementation patterns; and the study of innovative patterns in ESL contexts and languages other than English. All chapters in this volume employ data from large electronic corpora where possible – the BNC, COCA, COHA, GloWbE, NOW, and newly compiled corpora representing regional varieties of English.

Contents:

Intro

Changing Structures

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

Table of contents

Acknowledgments

Structures, patterns, constructions - studying ­variation and change in lexico-grammar

References

Talk into vs convince to

1. Introduction

2. Refining the observation of the empirical data

3. Explanations anyone?

4. Construction grammar, embodied cognition and the basic design architecture of human language

Passive permissives

2. Constructions with active matrix verbs

3. Constructions with passive matrix verbs

4. Passive let in COCA

5. Passive let in COHA

6. Summary and conclusion

Acknowledgements

Primary sources

Secondary sources

Goldberg's Rely On construction

2. Goldberg's Rely On construction

3. Preliminaries for an alternative solution

4. Improved solution

5. Concluding remarks

Aspects of the use of the transitive into -ing pattern in New Zealand English

2. Background and earlier research

3. Data and methods

4. Results

4.1 Type and token frequencies of the transitive into -ing pattern in the CNZNE

4.2 Innovative usages

5. Summary and conclusion

Complementation of ashamed - diachrony and determinants of variation

2. Background

3. Materials and method

4. Findings

4.1 Development of ashamed and its complements in COHA

4.2 Choice between to infinitive and of -ing complement

Sentential complementation of propose in recent British English

2. Propose in the literature

2.1 Propose in dictionaries

2.2 Propose in grammars

2.3 Control theory and propose.

3. Data and methods

4. Findings and discussion

4.1 Sentential complementation of propose

4.1.1 Overview

4.1.2 To-infinitive patterns

4.1.3 ‑ing clause patterns

4.1.4 That-clause patterns

4.1.5 Other patterns

4.2 Control

5. Conclusions

The use of optional complement markers in present-day English

2. The complementizer that

2.1 Verb-dependent complement clauses

2.2 Noun-dependent complement clauses

3. Infinitive marking

4. Modal should in mandative complements

5. The variable use of from introducing gerundial complements

5.1 Negative verbs of causation like put off

5.2 The particle verb hold off

6. Interrogative complement clauses

7. Conclusion

Patterns of direct transitivization and differences between British and American English

1. Introduction: Direct transitivization

2. Lexicographic treatment of the different complementation patterns

2.1 Graduate

2.2 Impact

2.3 Shop

3. Data and methodology

4.1 Graduate

4.2 Impact

4.3 Shop

5. Discussion and conclusion

I would like to request for your attention

2.1 Singapore English

2.2 Singapore standard English?

2.2 Prepositional verbs

3. Data

4. Retrieving prepositional verbs

5. Results

5.1 The prepositional verbs to enter into and to await for

5.2 The prepositional verb to request for

5.3 The prepositional verb to leverage on

6. Prepositional verbs in new Englishes

7. Concluding remarks and outlook

The development of infinitival complementation with or without language contact

2. Cross-linguistic variation in interclausal symmetry.

3. The historical English analogy with Sri Lankan Malay

4. The view that restoration of infinitival marking is improbable

5. The development of infinitival complementation in Sri Lankan Malay

6. Conclusion

Abbreviations

Anglicising Finnish complementation? Examining the rakastan puhua ('I love to speak') structure in present-day Finnish

2. Language and fashion

3. Language change: An ideological note

4. Speaker-alignment as recipient design: Domestication and foreignisation generalised

5. Final remarks: Language variation and language change diffusion

Author index

Subject index.

Notes:

"His volume is the product of a symposium that was held at the University of Tampere in October 2015. The theme of that one-day event was complementation, and it was held in honour of Professor Juhani Rudanko, who, at the time, was retiring from his post at the University."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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