Complementation in British and American English Corpus-Based Studies on Prepositions and Complement Clauses |
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| Author:
| Rudanko, Juhani
Luodes, Lea |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7618-3292-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2005 |
| Publisher: | University Press of America, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $50.99 |
Book Description:
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Complementation in British and American English applies a new empirical methodology to the study of the English language. It focuses on predicate complementation as a core area of English grammar on the basis of the Bank of English Corpus. At over 600 million words, this electronic corpus is the largest systematic corpus of the language in existence today.
Complementation in British and American English applies a new empirical methodology to the study of the English language. It focuses on predicate complementation as a core area of English grammar on the basis of the Bank of English Corpus. At over 600 million words, this electronic corpus is the largest systematic corpus of the language in existence today.