Changes in Complementation in British and American English

Changes in Complementation in British and American English
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9780230305199
ISBN-13 : 0230305199
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Book Synopsis Changes in Complementation in British and American English by : J. Rudanko

Download or read book Changes in Complementation in British and American English written by J. Rudanko and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book shows how the system of English predicate complementation has been undergoing an amazing amount of variation and change in recent centuries, and identifies explanatory principles to account for this change and variation, with evidence from large electronic corpora of both British and American English.


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