This paper explores the prevalent simplification of morphosyntactic features occurring in Postcolonial Englishes (cf. e.g. Williams 1987) by addressing the hypothesis that finite complement clauses (CCs) should be more common in these varieties than a non-finite counterpart due to their higher explicitness. The hypothesis is tested in two varieties of English, British English as a reference variety and Indian English, exploring the complementation profile of REMEMBER by means of a corpus-based approach. In addition, a variable analysis aims at shedding light on the language-internal features potentially conditioning the choice between CCs in competition. The results partially confirm the hypothesis; there is a larger proportion of finite CC...
In this paper, we show that many of the dramatic changes that took place in the course of the histor...
This investigation is part of the authors ’ larger research project on so-called minor declarative c...
This study investigates the coordination of matrix and subordinate clauses within finite complement-...
This paper explores the prevalent simplification of morphosyntactic features occurring in Postcoloni...
This article looks at the finite/non-finite complementation alternation with expect and suggest (in ...
In Present-day English, the following alternation pattern with the verb remember is commonly atteste...
It has been argued that in language contact situations both transfer processes from the substrate la...
The goal of this project is to make a contribution to the field of Present Day English linguistics, ...
In this paper, complement clauses in spoken American English are analyzed based on the Language int...
This article examines the development of finite complement clauses in the speech of seven English-sp...
This research project examines the similarities and differences between English and Burmese with reg...
Article usage variation is often said to manifest itself in terms of token omission and insertion e....
Recent research has aimed to integrate the investigation of vernacular universals in native English ...
The aim of the present paper is to test the claim that contact simplifies language (cf. Kusters, 200...
In this talk we will report on recent and ongoing research on large-scale morphosyntactic variation ...
In this paper, we show that many of the dramatic changes that took place in the course of the histor...
This investigation is part of the authors ’ larger research project on so-called minor declarative c...
This study investigates the coordination of matrix and subordinate clauses within finite complement-...
This paper explores the prevalent simplification of morphosyntactic features occurring in Postcoloni...
This article looks at the finite/non-finite complementation alternation with expect and suggest (in ...
In Present-day English, the following alternation pattern with the verb remember is commonly atteste...
It has been argued that in language contact situations both transfer processes from the substrate la...
The goal of this project is to make a contribution to the field of Present Day English linguistics, ...
In this paper, complement clauses in spoken American English are analyzed based on the Language int...
This article examines the development of finite complement clauses in the speech of seven English-sp...
This research project examines the similarities and differences between English and Burmese with reg...
Article usage variation is often said to manifest itself in terms of token omission and insertion e....
Recent research has aimed to integrate the investigation of vernacular universals in native English ...
The aim of the present paper is to test the claim that contact simplifies language (cf. Kusters, 200...
In this talk we will report on recent and ongoing research on large-scale morphosyntactic variation ...
In this paper, we show that many of the dramatic changes that took place in the course of the histor...
This investigation is part of the authors ’ larger research project on so-called minor declarative c...
This study investigates the coordination of matrix and subordinate clauses within finite complement-...