Adjective complementation : an empirical analysis of adjectives followed by that-clauses / / Ilka Mindt

• Autore: Mindt Ilka
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia [Pa.], : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2011
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Disciplina: 415/.5
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Adjective; Grammar, Comparative and general - Clauses
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Adjective Complementation -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1. Corpus linguistics, adjectives and that-clauses -- 1.1 Why investigate adjectives complemented by that-clauses? -- 1.2 Approaches in corpus linguistics and the approach in this study -- 1.2.1 Corpus-based and corpus-driven approaches -- 1.2.2 Quantity and quality -- 1.3 What is discussed? - An outline -- Chapter 2. Linguistic analysis of adjectives + that-clauses -- 2.1 The corpus -- 2.2 Adjectives in the BNC -- 2.3 Linguistic analysis -- 2.4 Formal patterns -- Chapter 3. Subjects in the matrix clause and the that-clause and their relation to adjectives -- 3.1 Descriptions of subjects and their relation to adjectives -- 3.1.1 Adjective classification on the basis of subjects -- 3.1.2 Subject extraposition -- 3.1.3 Adjectives in the resultative construction -- 3.2 Corpus-driven investigation -- 3.2.1 Subjects in the matrix clause and the that-clause -- 3.2.2 The classification of adjectives -- 3.3 Revisiting the adjective classification on the basis of the subjects -- 3.3.1 Subjects and the two constructions -- 3.3.2 Revisiting subject extraposition -- 3.4 From lexico-grammar to text -- 3.5 Summary -- Chapter 4. Verb-adjective combinations -- 4.1 Research on verb-adjective combinations -- 4.2 Corpus-driven investigation -- 4.2.1 The frequencies of verbs in the matrix clause -- 4.2.2 Investigating co-occurrences between MAKE and the adjectives certain, clear and sure -- 4.3 Revisiting MAKE and the adjectives certain, clear and sure -- 4.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 5. Objects in the matrix clause -- 5.1 Descriptions of objects preceding 'adjective + that-clause' -- 5.2 Corpus-driven investigation -- 5.2.1 Subjects in matrix clauses containing an object -- 5.2.2 Objects in the matrix clause -- 5.2.3 A classification of adjectives. ; 5.3 Revisiting objects followed by 'adjective + that-clause' -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 6. Adverbs preceding adjectives -- 6.1 Descriptions of adverbs preceding 'adjective + that-clause' -- 6.2 Corpus-driven investigation -- 6.2.1 Frequencies -- 6.2.2 The adverb not as modifier of 'adjective + that-clause' -- 6.2.3 Two semantic constructions -- 6.3 Revisiting adverbs followed by 'adjective + that-clause' -- 6.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 7. That versus zero that -- 7.1 Research on that and zero that -- 7.1.1 Diachronic studies of that and zero that -- 7.1.2 Synchronic studies of that and zero that -- 7.2 Corpus-driven investigation -- 7.3 Revisiting that and zero that -- 7.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 8. The verb phrase in the that-clause -- 8.1 Research on verb phrases in that-clauses -- 8.2 Corpus-driven investigation -- 8.2.1 The relation between adjectives and the structure of the verb phrase -- 8.2.2 The relation between adjectives and modal verbs within the verb phrase in the that-clause -- 8.2.3 The relation between adjectives and subjunctive verb phrases -- 8.2.4 The relation between experiential and evaluative adjectives and the structure of the verb phrase -- 8.3 Revisiting the verb phrase in the that-clause -- 8.4 Conclusion -- Chapter 9. Making the implicit explicit -- 9.1 A new perspective on adjectives followed by that-clauses -- 9.1.1 The explanative construction -- 9.1.2 The resultative construction -- 9.1.3 The formal pattern 'verb MAKE + adjective certain, clear, sure' -- 9.2 Methodological considerations -- 9.2.1 Co-occurrence patterns -- 9.2.2 Distributions -- 9.2.3 Constructions -- References -- Appendix. Lee's genre categorization -- Index -- The series Studies in Corpus Linguistics.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the first empirical study to focus on adjectives complemented by that-clauses. The in-depth analysis of more than 50,000 cases taken from the British National Corpus gives comprehensive insights into hitherto neglected relations of lexis and grammar. The result of this corpus-driven study is a novel classification of adjectives based on co-occurrence patterns and corroborated with the help of statistical means. The inductive analysis of corpus data offers new perspectives on and innovative descriptions of well-known phenomena of English grammar, such as extraposition or the resultative construction so…that. It is based on a new methodological approach, which looks at mutual relations of both lexis and grammar in unprecedented ways.
• Titolo autorizzato: Adjective complementation
• ISBN: 1-283-09317-0; 9786613093172; 90-272-8726-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910826403703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Studies in corpus linguistics ; ; v. 42.