Verb-governed infinitival complementation in the recent history of English
The aim of this monograph is to contribute to the existingliterature by modelling the variation in relationto a selection of verbs that govern to- andbare-infinite complements in the recent historyof American and British English.
The aim of this monograph is to contribute to the existingliterature by modelling the variation in relationto a selection of verbs that govern to- andbare-infinite complements in the recent historyof American and British English.
| Autor: | Bemposta-Rivas, Sofía |
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| ISBN: | 9783034342278 |
| Auflage: | 1 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 340 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Group AG, International Academic Publishers |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30.11.2021 |
| Schlagworte: | Bemposta-Rivas English Gotti Maurizio complementation corpus linguistics history infinitival multivariate analyses semantic/pragmatic |
Sofía Bemposta-Rivas holds a PhD in Englishphilology from the University of Vigo. Shecompleted a BA and an MA in advanced Englishstudies at the same institution, where sheis an active member of the research groupLanguage Variation and Textual Categorisation(LVTC). Her research focuses on Englishhistorical syntax, specifically on non-finitecomplementation, using corpora and empiricalmethodologies. Thanks to the financialsupport provided by the LVTC group, theEnglish Linguistic Circle (ELC) network and theSpanish Ministry of Science, Sofía developedresearch stays in Edinburgh, Leuven, York,Lancaster, British Columbia and Bamberg.