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University Press of America Complements and Constructions
Book SynopsisJuhani Rudanko, in Complements and Constructions, offers a pioneering perspective on the grammar of important prepositional complementation patterns in English. Rudanko focuses on sentential complements dependent on the prepositions from and to and on transitive and intransitive verbs selecting such complements. The study introduces and develops the proposal that such patterns, as well as the into -ing pattern, should be viewed as constructions in the sense of construction grammar. Rudanko''s analysis of the complementation patterns as constructions serves to explain important aspects of their meaning. With data from both eighteenth-century and present-day English, Rudanko reveals the increasing productivity of the patterns, which is an additional argument supporting their status as constructions. The data-oriented approach lends strength and solidity to the analysis of the patterns as constructions.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Alternate Object Control Structures: Into -ing vs. To Infinitive Complements Chapter 3 Into -ing as a Construction Chapter 4 From -ing over Three Centuries: Transitive Verbs Chapter 5 From -ing over Three Centuries: Intransitive Verbs Chapter 6 To -ing over Three Centuries: Intransitive Verbs Chapter 7 Horror Aequi in the Eighteenth Century Chapter 8 Concluding Observations Chapter 9 Bibliography Chapter 10 Index Chapter 11 Index of Verbs
£42.30
University Press of America James Madison and Freedom of Speech Major Debates
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Historical Background Chapter 4 James Madison and the Debate of June 8, 1789 Chapter 5 The Debate of July 21, 1789 Chapter 6 The Debate of August 13, 1789 Chapter 7 James Madison on Freedom of Speech in 1794 Chapter 8 The Federalist Triumph: The Sedition Act of 1798 Chapter 9 Change in Federalist Arguments: The Report of February 25, 1799 Chapter 10 Defining Freedom of Speech: Madison's Report of 1800 Chapter 11 The Federalist Attempt to Perpetuate the Sedition Act Chapter 12 Concluding Observations Chapter 13 Bibliography Chapter 14 Author Biographical Sketch Chapter 15 Index
£34.20
University Press of America Complementation in British and American English
Book SynopsisComplementation in British and American English applies a new empirical methodology to the study of the English language. It focuses on predicate complementation as a core area of English grammar on the basis of the Bank of English Corpus. At over 600 million words, this electronic corpus is the largest systematic corpus of the language in existence today. It offers a unique database of authentic usage for the study of the system of predicate complementation in British and American English. The authors make full use of this database, paying special attention to the language of newspapers and the spoken language in the two main regional varieties of English. The book illustrates a new and methodologically exciting direction in the study of the English language in the twenty-first century.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 The Power of a Pattern: A Case Study of Linguistic Innovativeness Chapter 4 Transitive Verbs Selecting out of -ing Complements Chapter 5 Intransitive Verbs Selecting on -ing Complements Chapter 6 Adjectives Selecting to Infinitive and to -ing Complements Chapter 7 Intransitive Verbs Selecting to Infinitive and to -ing Complements Chapter 8 Nouns Selecting to Infinitive and to -ing Complements Chapter 9 Intransitive Verbs Selecting towards/toward -ing Chapter 10 Concluding Observations
£35.10
State University of New York Press Prepositions and Complement Clauses
Book SynopsisProvides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in present-day English.This book provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in current English. The investigation is based on a sample of matrix verbs that governs the pattern of sentential complementation. The data includes the Brown and LOB corpora, English dictionaries and grammars, and the intuitions of native speakers.Rudanko sets up taxonomies of matrix verbs and argues that they often can be based on relatively few core classes. He questions whether verbs selecting a pattern also select other patterns of sentential complementation. Noting the quantity and quality of such alternation, he observes how differences in form are linked to differences in meaning. The study of relevant matrix verbs, supplemented with discussion of alternation and other syntactic and semantic properties of the patterns, points to the semantic functions that are associated typically with each pattern of complementation.
£22.96
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Manipulative Fallacies in Early America: Studies
Book SynopsisThis book implements a new approach to the study of manipulative tactics in selected Congressional debates in the early history of the United States, highlighting the ways in which language can be used to manipulate an audience. The identification and analysis of different informal fallacies is central in the approach adopted by the authors, and they privilege the role of covert intentions as a frequent ingredient of manipulation. They also show how different speakers can use different subtypes of the same fallacy in a debate, and investigate the tension between the policy preferences and goals of politicians, and existing laws. The book has been written without jargon, all concepts and terminology from the field of linguistic pragmatics are clearly defined, and it is accessible to the interested layperson wishing to become familiar with manipulative techniques in political rhetoric.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Opposition to Amending the Constitution in a Congressional Debate in 1789.- Chapter 3: Edward Livingston’s Motion for Reconciliation with France in July 1798.- Chapter 4: Arguing for the Sedition Act in the Debate of July 5, 1798.- Chapter 5: Debating the Expulsion of Matthew Lyon in February 1799.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.
£999.99
University Press of America Linguistic Analysis and Text Interpretation
Book SynopsisTrade Review?the book provides some insightful case studies which for their illustrative value are still relevant today. -- Gerda Lauerbach, Frankfurt Am Main * Besprechungen *…the book provides some insightful case studies which for their illustrative value are still relevant today. -- Gerda Lauerbach, Frankfurt Am Main * Besprechungen *
£55.09
University Press of America Corpora and Complementation Tracing Sentential
Book SynopsisThis 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 ContentsChapter 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
£84.55
University Press of America Pragmatic Approaches to Shakespeare Essays on
Book SynopsisThis book explores the intersection of linguistics and literature and offers new insight into linguistic methods of literary criticism.Trade ReviewRudanko's work is a strong step in the direction of illuminating literary criticism using linguistic methods. It is to be highly recommended both as a text for linguistic analysis and a text for studies of Shakespeare. -- Walter A. Cook S.J., Georgetown University...clear, precise, well-documented, and quite readable...this book will make wonderful material for graduate courses emphasizing pragmatics... -- Nanette Jaynes, SHAKESPEARE BULLETIN...clear, precise, well-documented, and quite readable...this book will make wonderful material for graduate courses emphasizing pragmatics... -- Nanette Jaynes, SHAKESPEARE BULLETINRudanko's work is a strong step in the direction of illuminating literary criticism using linguistic methods. It is to be highly recommended both as a text for linguistic analysis and a text for studies of Shakespeare. -- Walter A. Cook S.J., Georgetown University
£95.95
