The Verb Phrase In English: Investigating Recent Language Change With Corpora

by Bas Aarts

2021-01-01 22:55:30

The chapters in this volume feature new and groundbreaking research carried out by leading scholars and promising young researchers from around the world on recent changes in the English verb phrase. Drawing on authentic corpus data, the papers consi... Read more
The chapters in this volume feature new and groundbreaking research carried out by leading scholars and promising young researchers from around the world on recent changes in the English verb phrase. Drawing on authentic corpus data, the papers consider both spoken and written English in several genres. Each contribution pays particular attention to the methodologies used for investigating short-term patterns of change in English, with detailed discussions of controversies in this area. This cutting-edge collection is essential reading for historians of the English language, syntacticians and corpus linguists. Less

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File size9.06 X 5.91 X 0.98 in
Print pages474
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication date October 1, 2015
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781107558502
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Bas Aarts is Professor of English Linguistics and Director of the Survey of English Usage at University College London. His previous books include Small Clauses in English (1992); The Verb in Contemp...

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