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Change in contemporary English : a grammatical study /

Based on the systematic analysis of large amounts of computer-readable text, this book shows how the English language has been changing in the recent past, often in unexpected and previously undocumented ways. The study is based on a group of matching corpora, known as the 'Brown family' o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leech, Geoffrey N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Colección:Studies in English language.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : 'grammar-blindness' in the recent history of English?
  • Comparative corpus linguistics : the methodological basis of this book
  • The subjunctive mood
  • The modal auxiliaries
  • the so-called semi-modals
  • The progressive
  • The passive voice
  • Take or have a look at a corpus? Expanded predicates in British and American English
  • Non-finite clauses
  • The noun phrase
  • Linguistic and other determinants of change.