| Changes in Complementation in British and American English: Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Rudanko, J. (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1349359092 ISBN-13: 9781349359097 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Historical & Comparative - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Sociolinguistics |
| Dewey: 425 |
| Series: Palgrave Studies in Language History and Language Change |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book shows how the system of English predicate complementation has been undergoing an amazing amount of variation and change in recent centuries, and identifies explanatory principles to account for this change and variation, with evidence from large electronic corpora of both British and American English. |