In:Changing Structures: Studies in constructions and complementation
Edited by Mark Kaunisto, Mikko Höglund and Paul Rickman
[Studies in Language Companion Series 195] 2018
► pp. v–vi
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Published online: 22 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.195.toc
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Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Structures, patterns, constructions – studying variation and change in lexico-grammar
Mark Kaunisto
Part 1Semantic description of constructions
Talk into vs convince to: talking as a cause leading to containment, convincing as a cause leading to result
Patrick Duffley
Passive permissives: Being let and allowed
Thomas Egan
Rely On Construction: Overreliance on Generalization?
Jouni Rostila
Part 2Variation and change in complementation patterns
Aspects of the use of the transitive into -ing pattern in New Zealand English
Paul Rickman
Mark Kaunisto
Complementation of ashamed – diachrony and determinants of variation
Mikko Höglund
Sentential complementation of propose in recent British English
Veera Saarimäki
The use of optional complement markers in present-day English: The role of passivization and other complexity factors
Günter Rohdenburg
Patterns of direct transitivization and differences between British and American English
Marcus Callies
Part 3The emergence of new patterns
I would like to request for your attention: On the diachrony of prepositional verbs in Singapore English
Sebastian Hoffmann
The development of infinitival complementation with or without language contact
Peter Slomanson
Anglicising Finnish complementation? Examining the rakastan puhua (‘I love to speak’) structure in present-day Finnish
Pertti Hietaranta
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