TY - BOOK ID - 34522016 TI - Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English AU - Laskowski, Wolfgang AU - Rohdenburg, Günter AU - Britta Mondorf AU - Mondorf, Britta PY - 2011 VL - 43 SN - 3110176475 3110900017 9783110176476 PB - De Gruyter DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Grammar KW - Variation KW - Grammar. KW - Variation. KW - 802.0-56 KW - 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek KW - Engels: syntaxis; semantiek KW - Dialects KW - Analysis and parsing KW - Diagraming KW - Composition and exercises KW - Germanic languages KW - English language - Grammar KW - English language - Variation UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:34522016 AB - What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects). ER -