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Lexicology. Semantics --- English language --- Grammar --- Prepositions. --- Complement. --- Semantics. --- Clauses. --- Syntax. --- Verb. --- 802.0-56 --- 802.0-56 Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Engels: syntaxis; semantiek --- Clauses --- Complement --- Prepositions --- Semantics --- Syntax --- Verb --- Semasiology --- Prepositional phrases --- Verb phrase --- Conjugation --- Periphrastic verbs --- Germanic languages --- English language Semantics --- English language - Prepositions. --- English language - Complement. --- English language - Semantics. --- English language - Clauses. --- English language - Syntax. --- English language - Verb.

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This book explores the grammar of to infinitives and gerundial -ing clauses, which is a central area at the interface of syntax and semantics, against the background of what has been called the Great Complement Shift. Over the course of six chapters, the author explores the semantic properties of constructions where the general spread of gerundial -ing clauses occurs at the expense of to infinitives. The author draws on large electronic corpora, ensuring that new perspectives are opened on the basis of authentic corpus evidence. He identifies trends of variation and change in the use of the two constructions and proposes The Choice Principle, an innovative perspective on the semantics of to infinitives and gerundial -ing complements. This book will be of interest to researchers and students working on English grammar or the recent history of English grammar. Juhani Rudanko is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Tampere, Finland. Previous books include Complementation and Case Grammar (1989), Prepositions and Complement Clauses (1996), Changes in Complementation(2011) and Linking Form and Meaning (2015). .

Grammar, Comparative and general --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- Semantics. --- Language and languages --- Syntax. --- Grammars. --- Grammar --- Grammar, Polyglot --- Polyglot grammar --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Syntax --- Grammar, Comparative --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Linguistics --- Philology --- English language. --- Corpora (Linguistics). --- English. --- Corpus Linguistics. --- Grammar. --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Germanic languages --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax

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English language --- English language --- Complement. --- Grammar, Historical.

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This book offers a new perspective on selected discourses and texts bearing on the evolution of a distinctively American tradition of free speech. The author's approach privileges fallacy theory, especially the fallacy of ad socordiam, in a key Congressional debate in 1789 and other forms of verbal manipulation in newspaper editorials during the War of 1812. He argues that in order to understand James Madison's role in the evolution of a broad conception of freedom of speech, it is imperative to examine the nature of the verbal attacks targeted at him. These attacks are documented, analyzed with the concept of aggravated impoliteness, and used to demonstrate that it was Madison's toleration of criticism, even in wartime, that provided a foundation for a broad conception of freedom of speech. This book will be of interest to both scholars and lay readers with an interest in the application of discourse analysis and historical pragmatics to political debates, argumentation theory and fallacy theory, and the evolution of the concept of freedom of speech in the early years of the United States. Juhani Rudanko is Professor Emeritus at Tampere University, Finland. He was Associate Professor of English at that university from 1979 to 2001 and then Professor from 2001 to 2016. His publications include books and articles on the system of English predicate complementation, including its evolution, and on early American political history.

Politics --- Mass communications --- Historical linguistics --- Pragmatics --- History of North America --- taalfamilies --- communicatie --- geschiedenis --- politiek --- pragmatisme --- United States of America

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This book sheds new light on the nature of gerunds in English, utilizing data from very large electronic corpora in order to compare pairs of patterns viewed as constructions. It serves as a contribution to the study of complementation, an under-researched area of investigation which bridges observations at the intersection of lexico-grammar, syntax and semantics. As a result, the reader develops their understanding of the meaning and use of each pattern within the system of English predicate complementation as it has evolved in recent times. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of English linguistics, especially English grammar. Mark Kaunisto is a Senior Lecturer at Tampere University, Finland. His work includes corpus-based studies on morphological rivalry, word-formation, neologisms, and usage guidebooks. Juhani Rudanko is Professor Emeritus at Tampere University, Finland. His latest work focuses on the evolution of predicate complementation in recent English and the application of linguistic pragmatics to the analysis of political debates in the early American Republic.

English language --- Syntax. --- Infinitive. --- Gerund. --- Grammar, Comparative and general. --- Corpora (Linguistics). --- Linguistic change. --- Linguistics—Methodology. --- Grammar. --- Corpus Linguistics. --- Language Change. --- Research Methods in Language and Linguistics. --- Change, Linguistic --- Language change --- Historical linguistics --- Language and languages --- Corpus-based analysis (Linguistics) --- Corpus linguistics --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Grammar, Comparative --- Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax --- Syntax