Argument Structure in Flux: The Development of Impersonal Constructions in Middle and Early Modern English, with Special Reference to Verbs of Des

ISBN-13: 9783034341899 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 300 str.

Noelia Castro-Chao

Opis

Verbs of Desire underwent important changes in the course of their histories. In earlier English they could be used impersonally in constructions lacking a nominative subject. When impersonal uses are lost, they are gradually replaced by personal patterns, in particular a pattern where the verb governs a prepositional complement.

Spis treści

Introduction - The function and development of English impersonal constructions - The nature of verb meaning and constructional meaning - The class of verbs of Desire - Data and methodology - Lust - Thirst - Long

O autorze

Noelia Castro-Chao holds a PhD in English linguistics from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Her research interests include historical syntax and semantics, corpus linguistics, and construction grammar.