Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English / / ed. by Günter Rohdenburg, Britta Mondorf.
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 holid...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2011 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (564 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- I-IV
- Contents
- Introduction
- Frequency as a determinant in grammatical variation and change
- Phonological determinants of grammatical variation in English: Chomsky's worst possible case
- Post-verbal constituent ordering in English
- Grammatical variation in English: A question of 'structure vs. function'?
- Why are zero-marked phrases close to their heads?
- Cognitive complexity and horror aequi as factors determining the use of interrogative clause linkers in English
- Support for more-support
- The role of extractions and horror aequi in the evolution of -ing complements in Modern English
- Gerundial complements after begin and start: Grammatical and sociolinguistic factors, and how they work against each other
- Is there semantics in all syntax? The case of accusative and infinitive constructions vs. that-clauses
- Aspects of iconicity and economy in the choice between the s-genitive and the of-genitive in English
- Constructional semantics as a limit to grammatical alternation: The two genitives of English
- Principles of grammaticalization and linguistic reality
- Varieties of English from a cross-linguistic perspective: Intensifiers and reflexives
- Non-standard English and typological principles: The case of negation
- 'Every place has a different toll': Determinants of grammatical variation in cross-variety perspective
- Author index
- Subject index