TY  - BOOK
AU  - Egan,Thomas
TI  - Non-finite complementation: a usage-based study of infinitive and -ing clauses in English 
T2  - Language and computers
SN  - 9781435633254
AV  - P293.2 .E33 2008eb
U1  - 415 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Amsterdam, New York, NY
PB  - Rodopi
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Infinitival constructions
KW  - Complement
KW  - Infinitives
KW  - Complément (Linguistique)
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Grammar & Punctuation
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Linguistics
KW  - Syntax
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Non-finite Complementation; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter 1 The purpose and scope of the study; Chapter 2 Classification of the constructions; Chapter 3 Earlier Studies; Chapter 4 Complement Types and Complementisers; Chapter 5 Constructions in contrast: Same-time constructions; Chapter 6 Constructions in contrast: Forward-looking constructions; Chapter 7 Constructions in contrast: Backward-looking constructions; Chapter 8 Summary and Conclusions; References; Appendix 1 The Matrix verbs; Appendix 2 Tables; Appendix 3 List of technical terms; Index
N2  - This book presents a comprehensive guide to the way speakers of British English use infinitive and -ing clauses as verbal complements. It contains details of the non-finite complementation patterns of over 300 matrix verbs, with a particular emphasis on verbs that occur with more than one type of non-finite complement. Drawing upon data from the British National Corpus, the author shows that some of the views which are to be found in the existing literature on these sorts of clauses are in conflict with the evidence of actual usage. He also shows that there is actually much more regularity in this area than has often been taken to be the case. Moreover, this regularity is shown to be motivated by cognitive-functional factors. An appendix contains details of the relative frequency of all of the constructions dealt with in the study, together with an example of each of them. The book is of interest to language teachers as well as linguists, both theoretical and applied
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