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Spreading Patterns Diffusional Change In The English System Of Complementation Hardcover Hendrik De Smet

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Spreading Patterns Diffusional Change In The English System Of Complementation Hardcover Hendrik De Smet
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
File Extension: PDF
File size: 2.2 MB
Pages: 304
Author: Hendrik De Smet
ISBN: 9780199812752, 0199812756
Language: English
Year: 2012
Edition: Hardcover

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Spreading Patterns Diffusional Change In The English System Of Complementation Hardcover Hendrik De Smet by Hendrik De Smet 9780199812752, 0199812756 instant download after payment.

Spreading Patterns examines how new constructions emerge and spread through the grammar of a language, in a process called "diffusion." This is done by tracking the development of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day. These are subject-controlled gerund complements, forELto-infinitives, and subject-controlled participial complements. In the first half of the book, De Smet focuses on how and why patterns diffuse. In the second half, which is largely corpus-based, De Smet tests his theoretical model of diffusion on the three complement types. His work demonstrates how diffusion interacts with the grammatical system of complementation, how diffusion proceeds, step-by-step, and why diffusion is directional.

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