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Prepositions and Complement Clauses: A Syntactic and Semantic Study of Verbs Governing Prepositions and Complement Clauses in Present-Day English
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| Added by: stovokor | Karma: 1758.61 | Non-Fiction, Linguistics | 15 February 2009 |
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 This provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in current English. The investigation is based on sample of matrix verbs that governs the pattern of sentential complementation. The data includes the Brown and LOB corpora, English dictionaries and grammars, and the intuitions of native speakers. |
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| Tags: English, complementation, investigation, Clauses, Complement |
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 A complement clause is used instead of a noun phrase; for example one can say either I heard [the result] or I heard [that England beat France]. Languages differ in the grammatical properties of complement clauses, and the types of verbs which take them. Some languages lack a complement clause construction but instead employ other construction types to achieve similar ends; these are called complementation strategies.
Edited by: stovokor - 7 February 2009Reason: Typo in title corrected
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| Tags: complement, construction, heard, types, clause |
