Changing Structures

Studies in constructions and complementation

Editors

Mark Kaunisto | University of Tampere

Mikko Höglund | Stockholm University

Paul Rickman | University of Tampere

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This book is a collection of eleven research articles which altogether serve as a contribution to the study of verb complementation and other constructions, an area of investigation which bridges observations on the spectrum of lexico-grammar, syntax, and semantics. In terms of methodological approaches and the types of linguistic patterns examined, the chapters cast light on the subject from a variety of perspectives, and the volume is structured in a way that groups the various perspectives under three main themes according to their main focus and/or methodological approaches, namely: the semantic and functional descriptions of constructions; the investigation into the distribution of complementation patterns; and the study of innovative patterns in ESL contexts and languages other than English. All chapters in this volume employ data from large electronic corpora where possible – the BNC, COCA, COHA, GloWbE, NOW, and newly compiled corpora representing regional varieties of English.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 195] 2018. vii, 236 pp.

Publishing status:

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.195

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments | pp. vii–7

Structures, patterns, constructions – studying variation and change in lexico-grammar

Mark Kaunisto | pp. 1–12

Part 1. Semantic description of constructions

Talk into vs convince to : Talking as a cause leading to containment, convincing as a cause leading to a result

Patrick J. Duffley | pp. 15–30

Passive permissives: Being let and allowed

Thomas Egan | pp. 31–54

Goldberg’s Rely On construction: Overreliance on generalization?

Jouni Rostila | pp. 55–68

Part 2. Variation and change in complementation patterns

Aspects of the use of the transitive into -ing pattern in New Zealand English

Paul Rickman and Mark Kaunisto | pp. 71–87

Complementation of ashamed – diachrony and determinants of variation

Mikko Höglund | pp. 89–107

Sentential complementation of propose in recent British English

Veera Saarimäki | pp. 109–128

The use of optional complement markers in present-day English: The role of passivization and other complexity factors

Günter Rohdenburg | pp. 129–149

Patterns of direct transitivization and differences between British and American English

Marcus Callies | pp. 151–167

Part 3. The emergence of new patterns

I would like to request for your attention: On the diachrony of prepositional verbs in Singapore English

Sebastian Hoffmann | pp. 171–196

The development of infinitival complementation with or without language contact

Peter Slomanson | pp. 197–213

Anglicising Finnish complementation? Examining the rakastan puhua (‘I love to speak’) structure in present-day Finnish

Pertti Hietaranta | pp. 215–232

Author index

Subject index

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