Perspectives on complementation : structure, variation and boundaries

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Perspectives on complementation : structure, variation and boundaries

edited by Mikko Höglund ... [et al.]

Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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This book presents the latest work in the field of complementation studies. Leading scholars and upcoming researchers in the area approach complementation from various perspectives and different frameworks, such as Cognitive Grammar and construction grammars, to offer a broad survey of the field and provide thought-provoking reading.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Mikko Hoeglund PART I: STRUCTURE 1. Constructions License Verb Frames
  • Laura A. Michaelis 2. Inside Out: Productive German Prepositional Objects as an Example of Complements Selecting Heads
  • Jouni Rostila 3. A Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Complementation in the Tough Construction
  • Jukka Havu and Mikko Hoeglund PART II: VARIATION 4. Variability in Clausal Verb Complementation: The Case of Admit
  • Hubert Cuyckens and Frauke D'hoedt 5. The Embedded Negation Constraint and the Choice between More or Less Explicit Clausal Structures in English
  • Gunter Rohdenburg 6. 'Wheedled Me into Lending Him My Best Hunter': Comparing the Emergence of the Transitive into -ing Construction in British and American English
  • Juhani Rudanko 7. Prepositions and Sentential Complements: The Case of Waste and Spend
  • Paul Rickman 8. From Doubt to Supposition: The Construction-Specific Meaning Change of the Finnish Verb Epailla
  • Jutta Salminen PART III: BOUNDARIES 9. Multiple Sources in Language Change: The Role of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in the Formation of English ACC-ing Gerundives
  • Teresa Fanego 10. The Relation between Hypotactic Integration and Complementation in Cognitive Grammar
  • Cristiano Broccias 11. Control in Free Adjuncts in English and French: A Corpus-Based Semantico-Pragmatic Account
  • Patrick J. Duffley and Samuel Dion-Girardeau ?

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