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This text investigates the system of English predicate complementation over three centuries from 1700. It highlights the central parts of the system, the nouns, adjectives and verbs that select complement clauses, with a look at the use of the "-ing" over the years.

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Two Types of To Complements of Nouns Chapter 3 Two Types of To Complements of Intransitive Verbs Chapter 4 Two Types of To Complements of Transitive Verbs Chapter 5 Into -ing over Three Centuries Chapter 6 Accustomed, Determined: Complements of Adjectives of Two Semantic Domains Chapter 7 Complements of Negative Verbs Chapter 8 Concluding Observations Chapter 9 Bibliography; Index; Index of Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs

Corpora and Complementation Tracing Sentential

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      Publisher: University Press of America
      Publication Date: 20/11/2000
      ISBN13: 9780761817949, 978-0761817949
      ISBN10: 0761817948

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This text investigates the system of English predicate complementation over three centuries from 1700. It highlights the central parts of the system, the nouns, adjectives and verbs that select complement clauses, with a look at the use of the "-ing" over the years.

      Table of Contents
      Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Two Types of To Complements of Nouns Chapter 3 Two Types of To Complements of Intransitive Verbs Chapter 4 Two Types of To Complements of Transitive Verbs Chapter 5 Into -ing over Three Centuries Chapter 6 Accustomed, Determined: Complements of Adjectives of Two Semantic Domains Chapter 7 Complements of Negative Verbs Chapter 8 Concluding Observations Chapter 9 Bibliography; Index; Index of Nouns, Adjectives, and Verbs

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