Prepositions and complement clauses
Subtitle: a syntactic and semantic study of verbs governing prepositions and complement clauses in present-day English
By: Juhani Rudanko.
Series: SUNY series in linguistics
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 211
Subjects: English language -- Prepositions.; English language -- Complement.; English language -- Semantics.; English language -- Clauses.; English language -- Syntax.; English language -- Verb.
Description: This provides a pioneering and data-oriented investigation of the syntax and semantics of important prepositional complementation patterns dependent on the prepositions in, to, at, on, with, and of in current English. The investigation is based on sample of matrix verbs that governs the pattern of sentential complementation. The data includes the Brown and LOB corpora, English dictionaries and grammars, and the intuitions of native speakers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-198) and index.