Verb-governed infinitival complementation in the recent history of English (Linguistic Insights, Band 287) - Hardcover

Bemposta-Rivas

 
9783034342278: Verb-governed infinitival complementation in the recent history of English (Linguistic Insights, Band 287)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 3034342276 ISBN 13: 9783034342278
Verlag: Peter Lang, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Verb-dependent non-finite complementation and, in particular, to- and bare-infinitive complement clauses have been the subject of extensive investigation and debate. The aim of this monograph is to contribute to the existing literature by modelling the variation in relation to a selection of verbs that govern to- and bare-infinite complements in the recent history of American and British English. Using methodologies provided by corpus linguistics and multivariate analyses, this book attempts to account for the forces that make certain verbs show a preference for either to-infinitive or bare-infinitive complementation from Middle English onwards, and to provide a comprehensive description of the factors that influence the choice of infinitival. Specifically, this monograph deals with morphological, syntactic and semantic/pragmatic variation between to- and bare-infinitive complementation in English, governed by, specifically, dare, need and help.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sofía Bemposta-Rivas holds a PhD in English philology from the University of Vigo. She completed a BA and an MA in advanced English studies at the same institution, where she is an active member of the research group Language Variation and Textual Categorisation (LVTC). Her research focuses on English historical syntax, specifically on non-finite complementation, using corpora and empirical methodologies. Thanks to the financial support provided by the LVTC group, the English Linguistic Circle (ELC) network and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Sofía developed research stays in Edinburgh, Leuven, York, Lancaster, British Columbia and Bamberg.

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Verlag
Peter Lang
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3034342276
ISBN 13 
9783034342278
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Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
340
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