Changing Structures: Studies in constructions and complementation
Edited by Mark Kaunisto, Mikko Höglund and Paul Rickman
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 195] 2018. vii, 236 pp.
Mikko Höglund
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mikko Höglund plays a role.
Title
Subjects Historical linguistics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2020 Changes in transitivity and reflexive uses of sit (me/myself down) in Early and Late Modern English Corpora and the Changing Society: Studies in the evolution of English, Rautionaho, Paula, Arja Nurmi and Juhani Klemola (eds.), pp. 277–302 | Chapter
This chapter seeks to establish if the Transitivity Hypothesis (Hopper & Thompson 1980) can explain the variation in the use of two reflexive strategies with the verb sit in Early Modern English (e.g. I sat me down/I sat myself down) and the verb’s subsequent transitivization (e.g. he sat me down).… read more
2018 Complementation of ashamed – diachrony and determinants of variation Changing Structures: Studies in constructions and complementation, Kaunisto, Mark, Mikko Höglund and Paul Rickman (eds.), pp. 89–107 | Chapter
The present chapter will contribute to the area of English complementation studies by investigating the adjective ashamed. The study focuses on the diachronic development of the use of ashamed during the past two centuries in different environments, and the variation between two rivalling… read more
2014 Active and passive infinitive, ambiguity and non-canonical subject with ready Corpus Interrogation and Grammatical Patterns, Davidse, Kristin, Caroline Gentens, Lobke Ghesquière and Lieven Vandelanotte (eds.), pp. 239–262 | Article
This paper presents a case study of the adjective ready and discusses its properties when it occurs in the tough construction (TC). The paper discusses the active and passive infinitive variation in the TC with evidence from the Corpus of Late Modern English Texts and the British National Corpus.… read more