Corpus-Based Studies on Non-Finite Complements in Recent English

• Main Authors: Rickman, Paul (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rudanko, Juhani (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Semantics.; Corpora (Linguistics).; Grammar.; Syntax.; Historical linguistics.; Corpus Linguistics.; Historical Linguistics.

This book showcases fresh research into the underexplored territory of complementation through a detailed analysis of gerunds and 'to' infinitives involving control in English. Drawing on large electronic corpora of recent English, it examines subject control in adjectival predicate constr...