Verb-governed infinitival complementation in the recent history of English: 287 - Rilegato

Bemposta-Rivas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 3034342276 ISBN 13: 9783034342278

Casa editrice: Peter Lang, 2021

Riassunto

Verb-dependent non-finite complementation
and, in particular, to- and bare-infinitive complement
clauses have been the subject of
extensive investigation and debate. The aim of
this monograph is to contribute to the existing
literature by modelling the variation in relation
to a selection of verbs that govern to- and
bare-infinite complements in the recent history
of American and British English. Using methodologies
provided by corpus linguistics and
multivariate analyses, this book attempts to
account for the forces that make certain verbs
show a preference for either to-infinitive or
bare-infinitive complementation from Middle
English onwards, and to provide a comprehensive
description of the factors that influence
the choice of infinitival. Specifically, this
monograph deals with morphological, syntactic
and semantic/pragmatic variation between
to- and bare-infinitive complementation in
English, governed by, specifically, dare, need
and help.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Sofía Bemposta-Rivas holds a PhD in English
philology from the University of Vigo. She
completed a BA and an MA in advanced English
studies at the same institution, where she
is an active member of the research group
Language Variation and Textual Categorisation
(LVTC). Her research focuses on English
historical syntax, specifically on non-finite
complementation, using corpora and empirical
methodologies. Thanks to the financial
support provided by the LVTC group, the
English Linguistic Circle (ELC) network and the
Spanish Ministry of Science, Sofía developed
research stays in Edinburgh, Leuven, York,
Lancaster, British Columbia and Bamberg.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Peter Lang
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3034342276
• ISBN 13: 9783034342278
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 340
• Contatto del produttore: r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; r.boehm-korff@peterlang.com; ; Gontardstraße 11; Berlin; 10178; Germania