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- Offers case studies that are methodologically innovative
- Examines an array of explanatory factors with the help of multivariate analysis
- Provides insight into the interaction of different factors
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explores the concept of complementation in the adjectival domain of English grammar. Alternation between non-finite complements, especially to infinitives and gerundial complements, has been investigated intensively on the basis of large corpora in the last few years. With very few exceptions, however, such work has hitherto been based on univariate analysis methods. Using multivariate analysis, the authors present methodologically innovative case studies examining a large array of explanatory factors potentially impacting complement choice in cases of alternation. This approach yields more precise information on the impact of each factor on complement choice as well as on interactions between different explanatory factors. The book thus presents a methodologically new perspective on the study of the system of non-finite complementation in recent English and variation within that system, and will be relevant to academics and students with an interest in English grammar, predicate complementation, and statistical approaches to language.
Authors and Affiliations
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University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Juho Ruohonen
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Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
Juhani Rudanko
About the authors
Juho Ruohonen is a postgraduate student of English Philology at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
Juhani Rudanko is Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences at Tampere University, Finland.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Infinitival vs Gerundial Complementation with Afraid, Accustomed, and Prone
Book Subtitle: Multivariate Corpus Studies
Authors: Juho Ruohonen, Juhani Rudanko
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56758-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-56757-6Published: 26 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-56758-3Published: 25 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 161
Number of Illustrations: 13 b/w illustrations
Topics: Linguistics, general, Germanic Languages, Syntax, Statistical Theory and Methods