Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction * Innovative Resultatives and the Perspective of Construction Grammar * Emergent Alternation in Complement Selection: The Spread of the Transitive into -ing Pattern to Unflavored * Verbs of Causation * Innovative Uses of the Transitive out of -ing Pattern in Different Text Types * Watching English Grammar Change: Sentential Complements of the Adjective Accustomed * Complements of Consent * Change Completed: Sentential Complements of the Verb Object * Sentential Complements of the Intrasitive Verb Commit * Conclusion * References * Index.
Summary:
"Arguing that a corpus-based approach is indispensable for the study of changes of complementation in British and American English, the author examines several central patterns of sentential complementation in a number of electronic corpora to shed light on the emergence and spread of innovative constructions in relatively recent English"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Palgrave studies in language history and language change
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