Spreading Patterns: Diffusional Change in the English System of Complementation (Oxford Studies in the History of English) - Hardcover

Smet, Hendrik De; De Smet, Hendrik

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0199812756 ISBN 13: 9780199812752

Verlag: Oxford University Press, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

Spreading Patterns examines how new constructions emerge and spread through the grammar of a language, in a process called "diffusion." This is done by tracking the development of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day. These are subject-controlled gerund complements, forELto-infinitives, and subject-controlled participial complements. In the first half of the book, De Smet focuses on how and why patterns diffuse. In the second half, which is largely corpus-based, De Smet tests his theoretical model of diffusion on the three complement types. His work demonstrates how diffusion interacts with the grammatical system of complementation, how diffusion proceeds, step-by-step, and why diffusion is directional.

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Henrik De Smet is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Linguistics at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0199812756
• ISBN 13: 9780199812752
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 294
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