Автор: Bas Aarts, Joanne Close
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Год: 2013
ISBN: 9781107016354
Серия: Studies in English Language
Формат: pdf
Страниц: 474
Размер: 2 mb
Язык: English
The chapters in this volume feature new and groundbreaking research carried out by leading scholars and promising young researchers from around the world on recent changes in the English verb phrase. Drawing on authentic corpus data, the papers consider both spoken and written English in several genres. Each contribution pays particular attention to the methodologies used for investigating short-term patterns of change in English, with detailed discussions of controversies in this area.