TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ana Elvira Ojanguren López
PY  - 2024
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1424-8689
SN  - 9783034347921
TI  - Predications in competition and the rise of serial verb constructions in English 
T2  - The verbal and nominal complementation of Old English aspectual and manipulative verbs
DO  - 10.3726/b21357
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1388084
N2  - This book explains the competition in the complementation of Old English aspectual and manipulative verbs that arises between finite and non-finite clauses on the one hand and between clauses and noun phrases on the other hand. The book combines textual and lexicographical sources of Old English in order to address this question from the perspective of the complex syntactic configurations within the verbal classes under analysis. The main thrust of the book is synchronic and its basis is a full-fledged functional theory of language, such as Role and Reference Grammar. On the descriptive side, the book takes the line that the strictly synchronic analysis of a linguistic stage can give insight into the historical development of the language. On the explanatory side, the discussion is couched in terms of functional categories and relations, while typologically relevant constructions like verbal serialisation set the conclusions in the wider field of cross-linguistic comparison.
KW  - Syntax, Functional Grammar, Verbal Complementation, Serial Verbs, Old English
LA  - English
ER  -