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

Argument Structure in Flux: The Development of Impersonal Constructions in Middle and Early Modern English, with Special Reference to Verbs of Des (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783034341899)

Vendor: Maurizio Gotti
Product type: Books
Format: Paperback
$70.00
$70.00
$70.00
Subtotal: $70.00
Argument Structure in Flux: The Development of Impersonal Constructions in Middle and Early Modern English, with Special Reference to Verbs of Des by Gotti, Maurizio

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

$70.00
Argument Structure in Flux: The Development of Impersonal Constructions in Middle and Early Modern English, with Special Reference to Verbs of Des by Gotti, Maurizio

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

$70.00
Format: Paperback
Description
Description
x

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.



Author: Maurizio Gotti, Noelia Castro-Chao
ISBN-10: 303434189X
ISBN-13: 9783034341899
Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P
Language: English
Published: 01/21/2021
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d
By Maurizio Gotti
By Maurizio Gotti
x

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.

Recently Viewed Products