Title: Prepositions and complement clauses
First published: 1996
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.
Subjects: English language, Prepositions, Verb, Semantics, Clauses, Complement, Syntax, English language, prepositions, English language, semantics, English language, syntax, English language, verb
LC classification: PE1335 .R83 1996