Perspectives on Complementation
Structure, Variation and Boundaries
Published on 7. April 2015
Book
Hardback
XV, 252 pages
978-1-137-45005-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents the latest work in the field of complementation studies. Leading scholars and upcoming researchers in the area approach complementation from various perspectives and different frameworks, such as Cognitive Grammar and construction grammars, to offer a broad survey of the field and provide thought-provoking reading.
Reviews / Votes
"This volume contains eleven chapters on various aspects of complementation, viewed both synchronically and diachronically. . Any scholar working on, or merely wishing to learn more about, complementation will find much food for thought in this volume." (Thomas Egan, English Studies, Vol. 97 (8), 2016)More details
Edition
2015 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XV, 252 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-137-45005-0 (9781137450050)
DOI
10.1057/9781137450067
Schweitzer Classification
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Structure, Variation and Boundaries
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Structure, Variation and Boundaries
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Persons
Cristiano Broccias, University of Genoa, Italy Hubert Cuyckens, University of Leuven, Belgium Frauke D'hoedt, University of Leuven, Belgium Samuel Dion-Girardeau, Laval University, Canada Patrick Duffley, Laval University, Canada Jukka Havu, University of Tampere, Finland Mikko Höglund, University of Tampere, Finland Teresa Fanego, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Laura A. Michaelis, University of Colorado Boulder, USA Paul Rickman, University of Tampere, Finland Günter Rohdenburg, University of Paderborn, Germany Jouni Rostila, University of Helsinki, Finland Juhani Rudanko, University of Tampere, Finland Jutta Salminen, University of Helsinki, Finland
Content
Introduction; Mikko Höglund PART I: STRUCTURE 1. Constructions License Verb Frames; Laura A. Michaelis 2. Inside Out: Productive German Prepositional Objects as an Example of Complements Selecting Heads; Jouni Rostila 3. A Cross-Linguistic Perspective on Complementation in the Tough Construction; Jukka Havu and Mikko Höglund PART II: VARIATION 4. Variability in Clausal Verb Complementation: The Case of Admit; Hubert Cuyckens and Frauke D'hoedt 5. The Embedded Negation Constraint and the Choice between More or Less Explicit Clausal Structures in English; Günter Rohdenburg 6. 'Wheedled Me into Lending Him My Best Hunter': Comparing the Emergence of the Transitive into -ing Construction in British and American English; Juhani Rudanko 7. Prepositions and Sentential Complements: The Case of Waste and Spend; Paul Rickman 8. From Doubt to Supposition: The Construction-Specific Meaning Change of the Finnish Verb Epäillä; Jutta Salminen PART III: BOUNDARIES 9. Multiple Sources in Language Change: The Role of Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in the Formation of English ACC-ing Gerundives; Teresa Fanego 10. The Relation between Hypotactic Integration and Complementation in Cognitive Grammar; Cristiano Broccias 11. Control in Free Adjuncts in English and French: A Corpus-Based Semantico-Pragmatic Account; Patrick J. Duffley and Samuel Dion-Girardeau ?