Verb‐governed Infinitival Complementation in the Recent History of English

ISBN-13: 9783034342278 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 340 str.

Sof?a Bemposta-Rivas

Opis

The aim of this monograph is to contribute to the existing
literature by modelling the variation in relation
to a selection of verbs that govern to- and
bare-infinite complements in the recent history
of American and British English.

Spis treści

Introduction - Data and methodology - Dare and need revisited - Help - Summary, conclusion and avenues for further research - Appendix - References and sources .

O autorze

Sofía Bemposta-Rivas holds a PhD in English
philology from the University of Vigo. She
completed a BA and an MA in advanced English
studies at the same institution, where she
is an active member of the research group
Language Variation and Textual Categorisation
(LVTC). Her research focuses on English
historical syntax, specifically on non-finite
complementation, using corpora and empirical
methodologies. Thanks to the financial
support provided by the LVTC group, the
English Linguistic Circle (ELC) network and the
Spanish Ministry of Science, Sofía developed
research stays in Edinburgh, Leuven, York,
Lancaster, British Columbia and Bamberg.