Infinitival Complement Clauses in English

This study is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar.

Klappentext

This study is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar.

Zusammenfassung
This study, the first in the series Studies in English Language, is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar, and takes as its specific focus the study of infinitival complement clauses. This book will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students in the fields of English language and general linguistics.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Infinitival subject clauses and some semantically related types of infinitival complementation; 3. To-infinitival clauses as complements of transitive verbs; 4. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.