TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anderwald,Lieselotte
AU  - Arnold,Jennifer
AU  - Fischer,Olga C.M.
AU  - Gries,Stefan Th
AU  - Hawkins,John A.
AU  - Krug,Manfred
AU  - Mair,Christian
AU  - Mondorf,Britta
AU  - Noël,Dirk
AU  - Rohdenburg,Günter
AU  - Rosenbach,Anette
AU  - Schlüter,Julia
AU  - Siemund,Peter
AU  - Stefanowitsch,Anatol
AU  - Tagliamonte,Sali A.
AU  - Vosberg,Uwe
AU  - Wasow,Thomas
TI  - Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English
T2  - Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ,
SN  - 9783110176476
AV  - PE1106 .D48 2003eb
U1  - 425 21
PY  - 2011///]
CY  - Berlin, Boston : 
PB  - De Gruyter Mouton, 
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Variation
KW  - Englisch
KW  - Grammatik
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - I-IV --; Contents --; Introduction --; Frequency as a determinant in grammatical variation and change --; Phonological determinants of grammatical variation in English: Chomsky's worst possible case --; Post-verbal constituent ordering in English --; Grammatical variation in English: A question of 'structure vs. function'? --; Why are zero-marked phrases close to their heads? --; Cognitive complexity and horror aequi as factors determining the use of interrogative clause linkers in English --; Support for more-support --; The role of extractions and horror aequi in the evolution of -ing complements in Modern English --; Gerundial complements after begin and start: Grammatical and sociolinguistic factors, and how they work against each other --; Is there semantics in all syntax? The case of accusative and infinitive constructions vs. that-clauses --; Aspects of iconicity and economy in the choice between the s-genitive and the of-genitive in English --; Constructional semantics as a limit to grammatical alternation: The two genitives of English --; Principles of grammaticalization and linguistic reality --; Varieties of English from a cross-linguistic perspective: Intensifiers and reflexives --; Non-standard English and typological principles: The case of negation --; 'Every place has a different toll': Determinants of grammatical variation in cross-variety perspective --; Author index --; Subject index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects)
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110900019
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110900019
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783110900019/original
ER  -