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Grammar of Spoken and Written EnglishDouglas Biber, Stig Johansson, Geoffrey N. Leech, Susan Conrad and Edward Finegan
[Not in series 232] 2021
► pp. 567–650
Chapter 8Complex noun phrases
Article outline
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8.1Overview
- 8.1.1Register distribution of noun phrases with pre- and postmodifiers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.1.2Co-occurrence of modifiers with head noun types
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.1.3Discourse distribution of noun phrase types in academic prose
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.1.1Register distribution of noun phrases with pre- and postmodifiers
- 8.2Structural types of premodification
- 8.2.1Structural types of premodification across registers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.2.1Structural types of premodification across registers
- 8.3Meaning relations expressed by noun + noun sequences
- 8.3.1Noun + noun sequences across registers
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.3.2Plural nouns as premodifiers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.3.1Noun + noun sequences across registers
- 8.4Noun phrases with multiple premodifiers
- 8.4.1Length of sequences of premodifiers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.4.2Order of multiple premodifiers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.4.3Coordinated premodifiers
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.4.1Length of sequences of premodifiers
- 8.5Restrictive v. non-restrictive postmodifiers
- 8.5.1Distribution of restrictive v. non-restrictive relative clauses
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.5.1Distribution of restrictive v. non-restrictive relative clauses
- 8.6Major structural types of postmodification
- 8.6.1Postmodifier types across registers
- corpus findings , ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.6.1Postmodifier types across registers
- 8.7Postmodification by finite relative clause
- 8.7.1The discourse choice among relativizers
- 8.7.1.1Variant relativizers in non-standard dialects
- 8.7.1.2Distribution of relativizers across registers
- corpus findings
- DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
- 8.7.1.3
Who v. which, that, and zero
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.1.4Who v. whom, that, and zero
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.1.5
Which v. that
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.1.6Discourse choice between whose and of which
- 8.7.1.7
Whose v. of which across registers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.1.8Discourse choice of the zero relativizer
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.2Grammatical role of the relative clause gap
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.2.1Relative clause gaps in conversation
- 8.7.3Subject v. non-subject head nouns
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.4Relative clauses with adverbial gaps
- 8.7.4.1Relative adverbs across registers
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.4.2Head nouns taking relative clauses with adverbial gaps
- DISTRIBUTIONAL FINDINGS
- discussion of findings
- 8.7.4.1Relative adverbs across registers
- 8.7.1The discourse choice among relativizers
- 8.8Postmodification by non-finite clause
- 8.8.1Participle clauses as postmodifiers
- 8.8.1.1Passive and -ing forms of verbs in postmodifying
participle clauses v. relative clauses
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.8.1.1Passive and -ing forms of verbs in postmodifying
participle clauses v. relative clauses
- 8.8.2
To-clauses as postmodifiers
- 8.8.2.1Structural types of postmodifying to-clause
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.8.2.1Structural types of postmodifying to-clause
- 8.8.1Participle clauses as postmodifiers
- 8.9Postmodification by prepositional phrase
- 8.9.1Common prepositions in postmodifying prepositional phrases
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.9.2Choice of prepositional phrase v. relative clause
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.9.1Common prepositions in postmodifying prepositional phrases
- 8.10Postmodification by appositive noun phrase
- 8.10.1Appositive noun phrases in news and academic prose
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.10.1Appositive noun phrases in news and academic prose
- 8.11Noun phrases with multiple postmodifiers
- 8.11.1Order of constituents in postmodifier complexes
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.11.1Order of constituents in postmodifier complexes
- 8.12Noun complement clauses v. nominal postmodifiers
- 8.13Structural types of noun complement clause
- 8.13.1Noun complement clause types across registers
- corpus findings ,
- discussion of findings
- 8.13.1Noun complement clause types across registers
- 8.14Head nouns taking noun complement clauses
- 8.14.1Head nouns taking that-clauses
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.14.1.1Head nouns that take both that-complement clauses and
relative clauses
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.14.2Head nouns taking to-clauses
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corpus findings
- DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS
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corpus findings
- 8.14.3Head nouns taking of + ing-clauses
- corpus findings
- discussion of findings
- 8.14.4Head nouns taking wh-interrogative clauses
- 8.14.1Head nouns taking that-clauses