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Change and Continuity in the English Language: Studies on Complementation Over the Past Three Hundred Years - Hardcover

Rudanko, Juhani

 
9780761810391: Change and Continuity in the English Language: Studies on Complementation Over the Past Three Hundred Years
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0761810390 ISBN 13: 9780761810391
Publisher: University Press of America, 1998

Synopsis

While earlier treatments of English verb syntax from a diachronic perspective exist, this book breaks entirely fresh ground with its focus on the detailed study of English predicate complementation over the past three centuries. It draws data from an unprecedented combination of authoritative sources, including computer corpora and H. Poutsma's unpublished dictionary, and offers novel systematizations of predicates and discussions of alternation. By giving ample evidence of both change and continuity in the language over the past three hundred years, the book opens up a new research field in the study of the English language.

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About the Author

Juhani Rudanko is Associate Professor of English Philology at the University of Tampere, Finland.

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Publisher
University Press of America
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0761810390
ISBN 13 
9780761810391
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
196