Composite predicates in english: processes of specialization
Auteur :
Berlage, Eva
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781107155640
Date de publication :
15 mai 2025
Format :
Sewn
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores the semantic-syntactic development of composite predicates (CPs) in English from the sixteenth to twentieth centuries. Large-scale corpus data reveal that the morphologically and semantically related simple verb (e.g. notice in the case of take notice of) works as a powerful predictor of the CP's semantic evolution.