Linking Form and Meaning

Rudanko, Juhani

ISBN 10: 1137509481 / ISBN 13: 9781137509482

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

About this Item

This book documents changes and trends in English predicate complementation. In-depth case studies of grammatical patterns presented here uncover new links between form and meaning in these constructions, offering fresh insights into explanatory principles to account for variation and change in the system of English predicate complementation. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFG; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 307. . 2015. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Linking Form and Meaning
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137509481
• ISBN 13: 9781137509482
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book documents changes and trends in English predicate complementation. In-depth case studies of grammatical patterns presented here uncover new links between form and meaning in these constructions, offering fresh insights into explanatory principles to account for variation and change in the system of English predicate complementation.

About the Author

Juhani Rudanko is Professor of English at the University of Tampere, Finland. His recent work has focused on the system of English predicate complementation in recent centuries and on the pragmatic analysis of political discourse in the early American Republic.