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Grammar of Spoken and Written English
Douglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey N. Leech, Susan Conrad and Edward Finegan
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232] 2021
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Chapter 8
Complex noun phrases
Article outline
8.1
Overview
8.1.1
Register distribution of noun phrases with pre- and postmodifiers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.1.2
Co-occurrence of modifiers with head noun types
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.1.3
Discourse distribution of noun phrase types in academic prose
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.2
Structural types of premodification
8.2.1
Structural types of premodification across registers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.3
Meaning relations expressed by noun + noun sequences
8.3.1
Noun + noun sequences across registers
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.3.2
Plural nouns as premodifiers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.4
Noun phrases with multiple premodifiers
8.4.1
Length of sequences of premodifiers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.4.2
Order of multiple premodifiers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.4.3
Coordinated premodifiers
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.5
Restrictive v. non-restrictive postmodifiers
8.5.1
Distribution of restrictive v. non-restrictive relative clauses
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.6
Major structural types of postmodification
8.6.1
Postmodifier types across registers
corpus findings
, ,
discussion of findings
8.7
Postmodification by finite relative clause
8.7.1
The discourse choice among relativizers
8.7.1.1
Variant relativizers in non-standard dialects
8.7.1.2
Distribution of relativizers across registers
corpus findings
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
8.7.1.3
Who v. which, that, and zero
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.7.1.4
Who v. whom, that, and zero
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.7.1.5
Which v. that
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.7.1.6
Discourse choice between whose and of which
8.7.1.7
Whose v. of which across registers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.7.1.8
Discourse choice of the zero relativizer
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.7.2
Grammatical role of the relative clause gap
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.7.2.1
Relative clause gaps in conversation
8.7.3
Subject v. non-subject head nouns
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.7.4
Relative clauses with adverbial gaps
8.7.4.1
Relative adverbs across registers
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.7.4.2
Head nouns taking relative clauses with adverbial gaps
DISTRIBUTIONAL FINDINGS
discussion of findings
8.8
Postmodification by non-finite clause
8.8.1
Participle clauses as postmodifiers
8.8.1.1
Passive and -ing forms of verbs in postmodifying participle clauses v. relative clauses
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.8.2
To-clauses as postmodifiers
8.8.2.1
Structural types of postmodifying to-clause
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.9
Postmodification by prepositional phrase
8.9.1
Common prepositions in postmodifying prepositional phrases
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.9.2
Choice of prepositional phrase v. relative clause
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.10
Postmodification by appositive noun phrase
8.10.1
Appositive noun phrases in news and academic prose
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.11
Noun phrases with multiple postmodifiers
8.11.1
Order of constituents in postmodifier complexes
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.12
Noun complement clauses v. nominal postmodifiers
8.13
Structural types of noun complement clause
8.13.1
Noun complement clause types across registers
corpus findings
,
discussion of findings
8.14
Head nouns taking noun complement clauses
8.14.1
Head nouns taking that-clauses
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.14.1.1
Head nouns that take both that-complement clauses and relative clauses
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.14.2
Head nouns taking to-clauses
corpus findings
DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
8.14.3
Head nouns taking of + ing-clauses
corpus findings
discussion of findings
8.14.4
Head nouns taking wh-interrogative clauses