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Determinants of grammatical variation in English /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rohdenburg, Günter, 1940-, Mondorf, Britta, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2003.
Colección:Topics in English linguistics ; 43.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Frequency as a determinant in grammatical variation and change
  • Phonological determinants of grammatical variation in English: Chomskyâ€?s worst possible case
  • Post-verbal constituent ordering in English
  • Grammatical variation in English: A question of â€?structure vs. functionâ€??
  • 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 EnglishGerundial 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 reflexivesNon-standard English and typological principles: The case of negation
  • â€?Every place has a different tollâ€?: Determinants of grammatical variation in cross-variety perspective
  • Author index
  • Subject index