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Chapter 2 - What For?
from Part I - Approaches to Grammatical Categories and Categorial Change
- By Bas Aarts
Edited by Nuria Yáñez-Bouza, Universidade de Vigo, Spain, Emma Moore, University of Sheffield, Linda van Bergen, University of Edinburgh, Willem B. Hollmann, Lancaster University
Book: Categories, Constructions, and Change in English Syntax
Published online: 07 October 2019
Print publication: 10 October 2019, pp 54-80
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The lexical item for is treated in the literature either as a preposition (We bought it for you) or as a subordinator/complementiser (I preferred for him to take the exam). In this chapter I will argue that there are good grounds for regarding for exclusively as a preposition which can license a noun phrase or clause as complement. In what follows I first take a closer look in Section 2.2 at constructions in which for appears.

4 - Profiling the English verb phrase over time: modal patterns
from Part I - Linguistic directions and crossroads: mapping the routes
- By Bas Aarts, Sean Wallis, Jill Bowie
Edited by Irma Taavitsainen, University of Helsinki, Merja Kytö, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden, Claudia Claridge, Universität Duisburg–Essen, Jeremy Smith, University of Glasgow
Book: Developments in English
Published online: 05 November 2014
Print publication: 31 October 2014, pp 48-76
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Contributors
- By Bas Aarts, Minoji Akimoto, Jill Bowie, Laurel Brinton, Claudia Claridge, Susan Fitzmaurice, Stefan Th. Gries, Raymond Hickey, Andreas H. Jucker, Thomas Kohnen, William A. Kretzschmar, Merja Kytö, Manfred Markus, Charles F. Meyer, Matti Rissanen, Andrea Sand, Jeremy Smith, Irma Taavitsainen, Sean Wallis
Edited by Irma Taavitsainen, University of Helsinki, Merja Kytö, Uppsala Universitet, Sweden, Claudia Claridge, Universität Duisburg–Essen, Jeremy Smith, University of Glasgow
Book: Developments in English
Published online: 05 November 2014
Print publication: 31 October 2014, pp xv-xxii
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2 - Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change
- By Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Sean Wallis
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
Published online: 05 February 2013
Print publication: 14 February 2013, pp 14-45
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Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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Notes
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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Preface
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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1 - Introduction
- By Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech, Sean Wallis
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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Name index
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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The Verb Phrase in English - Title page
- By Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech, Sean Wallis
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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13 - The perfect in spoken British English
- By Jill Bowie, Sean Wallis, Bas Aarts
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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Notes on contributors
- By Bas Aarts, Alexander Bergs, Douglas Biber, Jill Bowie, Marcus Callies, Joanne Close, Mark Davies, Bethany Gray, Thomas Hoffmann, Stig Johansson, Gunther Kaltenböck, Manfred Krug, Geoffrey Leech, Magnus Levin, José Ramón Varela Pérez, Meike Pfaff, Ole Schützler, Nicholas Smith, Sali A. Tagliamonte, Sean Wallis, Christopher Williams
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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Book: The Verb Phrase in English
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Subject index
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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The Verb Phrase in English - Half title page
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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References
Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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Edited by Bas Aarts, University College London, Joanne Close, University of Chester, Geoffrey Leech, Lancaster University, Sean Wallis, University College London
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The Verb Phrase in English
Investigating Recent Language Change with Corpora
Edited by Bas Aarts, Joanne Close, Geoffrey Leech, Sean Wallis
Published online: 05 February 2013
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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. This cutting-edge collection is essential reading for historians of the English language, syntacticians and corpus linguists.

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Chapter 2 - What For?

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4 - Profiling the English verb phrase over time: modal patterns

Contributors

2 - Choices over time: methodological issues in investigating current change

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Notes

Preface

1 - Introduction

Name index

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The Verb Phrase in English - Title page

13 - The perfect in spoken British English

Copyright page

Notes on contributors

Figures

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The Verb Phrase in English - Half title page

References

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The Verb Phrase in English

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