Spreading patterns: diffusional change in the English system of complementation

by De Smet, Hendrik

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Examines the emergence and spread of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day.

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Full title :Spreading patterns : diffusional change in the English system of complementation / Hendrik De Smet.

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Examines the emergence and spread of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day.

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Publication Date:2012.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

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Description:1 online resource (viii, 279 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780199812769, 0199812764
oclc:on1066050339
LC Classification:P299.C59
Dewey Decimal:425

Cover; Contents; Acknowlegments; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 1. Diffusional change; 2. Gerunds, for ... to- infinitives, and participles; 3. Research questions and suggested answers; 4. Limitations; 5. Overview of the following chapters; 2. The Corpus Data; 1. Middle English; 2. Early Modern English; 3. Late Modern English; 4. Present-Day English; 5. General methodology; 3. Complementation; 1. One form, one meaning; 2. A multiplicity of factors; 3. Constructions; 3.1. Construction grammar; 3.2. Construction grammar and complementation; 4. Conclusions; 4. Diffusional Change

1. General perspectives on diffusion1.1. A brief typology of diffusional changes; 1.2. Diffusion as actualization; 1.3. Lexical diffusion in sound change and elsewhere; 1.4. Drift and the sanctioning principle; 2. Diffusional change in the system of complementation; 2.1. Blocking; 2.2. Analogy; 2.3. The contingency of history; 3. Conclusions; 5. For ... to-infinitives; 1. The rise of for ... to-infinitives; 1.1. Current usage; 1.2. Historical diffusion; 2. For ... to-infinitives as verb complements; 2.1. Current usage; 2.2. Historical diffusion; 3. Conclusions; 6. Integrated Participle Clauses

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Changement linguistique Complément (Linguistique) Electronic books English language English language -- Grammar, Historical English language -- History Grammar, Comparative and general -- Com… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Ver… History LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar … LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Linguistic change Syntagme verbal