Nonfinite supplements in the recent history of English
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Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Table of Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Nonfinite supplements defined
- 2.1. Terminological issues
- 2.2. Characterisation of ing- and ed-supplements
- 2.2.1. Formal and syntactic features
- 2.2.1.1. Head elements
- 2.2.1.2. Elements introducing supplements
- 2.2.1.3. Position within the matrix clause
- 2.2.2. Semantic features
- 2.2.2.1. Control relations
- 2.2.2.2. Adverbial meaning and semantic variability
- 2.2.3. Extra-clausal status
- 2.3. Subjectless nonfinite supplements and related constructions
- 2.4. Summary
- 3. Methodology: corpus linguistics and data
- 3.1. Corpus linguistics
- 3.2. The data: corpora and data retrieval
- 3.2.1. Corpora
- 3.2.2. Data retrieval
- 3.2.2.1. Searching the PPCMBE
- 3.2.2.2. Searching the ICE-GB
- 3.2.2.3. Methodological limitations
- 3.3. Database and variables
- 3.3.1. ID
- 3.3.2. Period
- 3.3.3. Syntactic features
- 3.3.3.1. Types of head
- 3.3.3.2. Elements introducing supplements
- 3.3.3.3. Position and mobility
- 3.3.4. Semantic features
- 3.3.4.1. Control relations
- 3.3.4.2. Adverbial meaning
- 3.3.5. Other structural and textual features
- 3.3.5.1. Length
- 3.3.5.2. Distribution of supplements across text types
- 3.4. Summary
- 4. Supplements in Late Modern English
- 4.1. Formal features
- 4.1.1. Nonfinite head elements
- 4.1.2. Elements introducing supplements
- 4.1.3. Position within the matrix clause
- 4.2. Semantic features
- 4.2.1. Control relations
- 4.2.1.1. Revisiting control relations
- 4.2.1.2. Kortmann’s (1991) classification of control relations
- 4.2.2. Adverbial meaning
- 4.2.2.1. A general overview of adverbial meanings
- 4.2.2.2. Meaning and head elements
- 4.2.2.3. Meaning and position
- 4.2.2.4. Meaning and augmentation
- 4.2.2.5. Final remarks and summary
- 4.3. Text types
- 4.4. Summary and conclusion
- 5. Supplements in Present-day English: a diachronic analysis from Late Modern English to the present
- 5.1. Supplements in Present-day English
- 5.1.1. Formal features
- 5.1.1.1. Nonfinite head elements
- 5.1.1.2. Elements introducing supplements
- 5.1.1.3. Position within the matrix clause
- 5.1.2. Semantic features
- 5.1.2.1. Control relations
- 5.1.2.2. Adverbial meaning
- 5.1.3. Text types
- 5.2. Towards a constructional treatment of nonfinite peripheral clauses
- 5.3. Summary and conclusion
- 6. Summary, conclusions and further research
- 6.1. Summary
- 6.2. Avenues for further research
- References
- Series index
List of figures
Figure 2.1:Kortmann’s (1991) scale of informativeness for semantic relations
Figure 2.2:Semantic classification of subjectless nonfinite supplements
Figure 3.1:Syntactic annotation for ‘participial clauses without subjects’ in PPCMBE
Figure 3.2:Syntactic annotation for ‘participial clauses with subjects’ in PPCMBE
Figure 3.3:Syntactic annotation for absolute clauses in PPCMBE
Figure 3.4:Blank individual node before edition
Figure 3.5:Organisation of a complete sentence in FTF format
Figure 3.6:Different levels of specification in an FTF search
Figure 3.7:First FTF selected for inspection
Figure 3.8:FTF used to extract subjectless ing-/ed-supplements
Figure 3.9:FTF for the extraction of coordinated supplements
Figure 3.10:FTF to extract supplements introduced by prepositions
Figure 3.11:Coordination of disparate categories
Figure 3.12:Coordination of equivalent categories in prepositional supplements (CL level)
←11 | 12→Figure 3.13:Coordination of equivalent categories in prepositional supplements (PP level)
Figure 3.14:Coordination of prepositional supplements with disparate categories at the PREP level
Figure 3.15:Coordination of prepositional supplements with disparate categories at the PC level
Figure 3.16:ICE-GB screenshot with information for example ‘ICE-GB:W1B-018 #133:17’
Figure 3.17:Number of words in ed- and ing-supplements
Figure 4.1:Ing- and ed-supplements in LModE over time
Figure 4.2:Nonfinite predicate types in LModE
Figure 4.3:Nonfinite predicate types in LModE over time
Figure 4.4:Augmentation per semantic type in LModE over time
Figure 4.5:Augmentation per semantic type in ing- and ed-supplements in LModE over time
Figure 4.6:Semantic type of augmentor and position in LModE
Figure 4.7:Semantic type of augmentor and supplement length in LModE
Figure 4.8:Augmentation and control in LModE
←12 | 13→Figure 4.9:Semantically more specific augmentors in LModE over time
Figure 4.10:Semantically less specific augmentors in LModE over time
Figure 4.11:Medial positions in LModE
Figure 4.12:Position of supplements in LModE over time
Figure 4.13:Position of ing- and ed-supplements in LModE over time
Figure 4.14:Supplement length as a factor of position in LModE
Figure 4.15:Supplement length in LModE over time
Figure 4.16:Supplement length as a factor of position in LModE over time
Figure 4.17:Length in ing- and ed-supplements in LModE
Figure 4.18:Ed-supplement length as a factor of position in LModE over time
Figure 4.19:Control relations in LModE over time
Figure 4.20:Control relations in ing- and ed-supplements in LModE
Figure 4.21:Control and position in LModE supplements
Figure 4.22:Broad categories of adverbial meanings in LModE over time
Figure 4.23:Adverbial meaning of ing- and ed-supplements in LModE
←13 | 14→Figure 4.24:Adverbial meaning and supplement position in LModE
Figure 4.25:Adverbial meaning of augmented and unaugmented supplements in LModE over time
Figure 4.26:Adverbial meaning and semantic type of connector in LModE
Figure 4.27:Adverbial meaning, augmentation and position in LModE
Figure 4.28:Normalised frequencies per 10,000 words of supplements per text type in LModE
Figure 4.29:Distribution of supplements per register category in LModE (n.f./10,000 words)
Figure 4.31:Distribution of supplements per narrative status in LModE (n.f./10,000 words)
Figure 5.1:Ing- and ed-supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.2:Nonfinite predicate types in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.3:Augmentation per semantic type in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.4:Augmentation per semantic type in ing- and ed-supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.5:Augmentation in LModE and PDE as a factor of supplement position
←14 | 15→Figure 5.6:Semantic type of augmentor and position in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.7:Augmentation as a factor of supplement length in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.8:Semantic type of augmentor and supplement length in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.9:Augmentation and control in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.10:Semantically more specific augmentors in PDE
Figure 5.11:Semantically less specific augmentors in PDE
Figure 5.12:Position of supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.13:Medial positions in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.14:Position of ing- and ed-supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.15:Supplement length in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.16:Supplement length as a factor of position in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.17:Length in ing- and ed-supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.18:Control relations in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.19:Control relations in ing- and ed-supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.20:Control and position in LModE and PDE supplements
←15 | 16→Figure 5.21:Categories of adverbial meaning in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.22:Adverbial meaning of ing- and ed-supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.23:Adverbial meaning and supplement position in PDE
Figure 5.24:Adverbial meaning and supplement position in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.25:Adverbial meaning of augmented and unaugmented supplements in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.26:Adverbial meanings and semantic type of connector in LModE and PDE
Figure 5.27:Normalised frequencies per 10,000 words of supplements per text type in PDE
Figure 5.28:LModE and PDE distribution of supplements per register category (n.f./10,000 words)
Figure 5.29:LModE and PDE distribution of supplements per medium category (n.f./10,000 words)
Figure 5.30:LModE and PDE distribution of supplements per narrative status (n.f./10,000 words)
List of tables
Table 2.1:List of labels for ing- and ed-supplements in other analyses
Table 3.1:Two semantic categories of connectors
Table 3.2:Control properties in this study and in Kortmann (1991)
Table 3.3:Writing- and speech-related text types in LModE
Table 3.4:Text types in the ICE-GB (Nelson, Wallis and Aarts 2002: 307-308)
Table 3.5:Defining textual features in EModE (adapted from Río-Rey 2004)
Table 3.6:Defining text type features in LModE
Table 3.7:Defining text type features in PDE spoken texts
Table 3.8:Defining text type features in PDE written texts
Table 4.1:Frequency of supplements in LModE
Table 4.3:Syntactic function of non-subject controllers in LModE
Table 4.4:Category of controllers in LModE
Table 4.5:Scenarios precluding main-clause-subject control in LModE
←17 | 18→Table 4.6:Adverbial meanings in LModE
Table 4.7:Adverbial meanings of augmented supplements in LModE
Table 4.8:Proportion of (un)augmented supplements per adverbial meaning in LModE
Table 5.1:Frequency of supplements in LModE and PDE
Table 5.3:Syntactic function of non-subject controllers in PDE
Table 5.4:Category of controllers in PDE
Table 5.5:Scenarios precluding main-clause-subject control in PDE
Details
- Pages
- 386
- Publication Year
- 2021
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783034343619
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783034343626
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9783034343633
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9783034342261
- DOI
- 10.3726/b19142
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2021 (October)
- Keywords
- corpus-based Linguistics structure and interpretation diachronic variation
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