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Download full textOkamoto, Tomonori – 1974
This paper is a study of the subclassification of English verbs in generative grammar. It is intended to discuss the subclassification of English verbs in terms of complement types and to investigate the problem of nonlocalization in complement constructions. Some verbs permit a "whether"-complement or a "that"-complement if…
Descriptors: English, Generative Grammar, Language Classification, Linguistic Theory
Williams, Joseph M. – 1975
A social and linguistic history of the English language is presented in this book. Part 1, "History and Language," discusses such topics as the aims of language history, the beginning of language, grammars, and language meaning. Part 2, "Words and Meanings," explores Old English, Middle English, the establishment of modern English, creating new…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, Higher Education, History
