Changes in Argument Structure: The Transitivizing Reaction Object Construction

ISBN-13: 9783034340953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 392 str.

Tamara Bouso-Rivas

Opis

The monograph focuses on the characterization and history of the English reaction object construction (ROC) from the perspective of Diachronic Construction Grammar.

Spis treści

I Transitivization, Reaction Objects and Construction Grammar

II Hands- On with Data: A Usage- Based Approach to the History of the ROC

O autorze

Tamara Bouso holds a PhD in English linguistics from the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Her research interests include language variation and change, (Diachronic) Construction Grammar, and transitivization processes in the history of English.