Infinitival vs gerundial complementation with afraid, accustomed, and prone : multivariate corpus studies / Juho Ruohonen, Juhani Rudanko.
Ruohonen, Juho, author.; Rudanko, Martti Juhani, author.
2021
PE1241 .R86 2021
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource Online Access
Concurrent users Unlimited
Authorized users Authorized users
Document Delivery Supplied Can lend chapters, not whole ebooks

Details

Title Infinitival vs gerundial complementation with afraid, accustomed, and prone : multivariate corpus studies / Juho Ruohonen, Juhani Rudanko.
Author Ruohonen, Juho, author.
ISBN 9783030567583 (electronic bk.)
3030567583 (electronic bk.)
3030567575
9783030567576
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56758-3
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-56758-3 doi
Call Number PE1241 .R86 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification 425.5
Summary This book explores the concept of complementation in the adjectival domain of English grammar. Alternation between non-finite complements, especially to infinitives and gerundial complements, has been investigated intensively on the basis of large corpora in the last few years. With very few exceptions, however, such work has hitherto been based on univariate analysis methods. Using multivariate analysis, the authors present methodologically innovative case studies examining a large array of explanatory factors potentially impacting complement choice in cases of alternation. This approach yields more precise information on the impact of each factor on complement choice as well as on interactions between different explanatory factors. The book thus presents a methodologically new perspective on the study of the system of non-finite complementation in recent English and variation within that system, and will be relevant to academics and students with an interest in English grammar, predicate complementation, and statistical approaches to language.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 4, 2021).
Added Author Rudanko, Martti Juhani, author.
Available in Other Form Print version: 9783030567576
Linked Resources Online Access
Record Appears in Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Statistics and Complement Selection: A Case Study of Afraid Based on Canadian and British English
Chapter 3: Non-Finite Complements of Fear Adjectives Nested Within Too Complement Constructions in Present-Day English
Chapter 4: Semantics, Syntax and Horror Aequi as Predictors of Non-Finite Alternation: A Multivariate Analysis of Clausal Complements of Afraid in the Now Corpus
Chapter 5: Factors Bearing on Non-Finite Complement Selection: A Case Study of Accustomed with Data from Hansard
Chapter 6: Factors Bearing on Infinitival and Gerundial Complements of the Adjective Prone in Current American and British English
Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export