Changing Structures : Studies in Constructions and Complementation.
Kaunisto, Mark.
Changing Structures : Studies in Constructions and Complementation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (246 pages) - Studies in Language Companion Series ; v.195 . - Studies in Language Companion Series .
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 -- References -- Passive permissives -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Goldberg's Rely On construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Goldberg's Rely On construction -- 3. Preliminaries for an alternative solution -- 4. Improved solution -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Aspects of the use of the transitive into -ing pattern in New Zealand English -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Complementation of ashamed - diachrony and determinants of variation -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- 5. Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Sentential complementation of propose in recent British English -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The use of optional complement markers in present-day English -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- 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. Results -- 4.1 Graduate -- 4.2 Impact -- 4.3 Shop -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- I would like to request for your attention -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The development of infinitival complementation with or without language contact -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- References -- Anglicising Finnish complementation? Examining the rakastan puhua ('I love to speak') structure in present-day Finnish -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
9789027264220
Grammar, Comparative and general-Complement.
Structural linguistics-Data processing.
Semantics, Comparative.
Construction grammar.
Linguistic change.
Computational linguistics.
Electronic books.
P299.C59C43 2018
415
Changing Structures : Studies in Constructions and Complementation. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (246 pages) - Studies in Language Companion Series ; v.195 . - Studies in Language Companion Series .
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 -- References -- Passive permissives -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Goldberg's Rely On construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Goldberg's Rely On construction -- 3. Preliminaries for an alternative solution -- 4. Improved solution -- 5. Concluding remarks -- References -- Aspects of the use of the transitive into -ing pattern in New Zealand English -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Complementation of ashamed - diachrony and determinants of variation -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- 5. Summary and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- Sentential complementation of propose in recent British English -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The use of optional complement markers in present-day English -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- References -- Primary sources -- Secondary sources -- 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. Results -- 4.1 Graduate -- 4.2 Impact -- 4.3 Shop -- 5. Discussion and conclusion -- References -- I would like to request for your attention -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Background -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The development of infinitival complementation with or without language contact -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- References -- Anglicising Finnish complementation? Examining the rakastan puhua ('I love to speak') structure in present-day Finnish -- 1. Introduction -- 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 -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.
9789027264220
Grammar, Comparative and general-Complement.
Structural linguistics-Data processing.
Semantics, Comparative.
Construction grammar.
Linguistic change.
Computational linguistics.
Electronic books.
P299.C59C43 2018
415