Perspectives on Complementation ― Structure, Variation and Boundaries

In recent years the increasing availability of large electronic corpora has led to a methodological shift in linguistics from intuition-based research to work that utilises electronic corpora as a source of data. This shift has given rise to a new perspective on work on complementation. This book presents the latest work in the field of complementation studies. Leading scholars and upcoming researchers in the area approach complementation from various perspectives and different frameworks, such as Cognitive Grammar and construction grammars, to offer a broad survey of the field and provide thought-provoking reading accessible to anyone interested in complementation, novice or expert.

Mikko Hoglund is a Lecturer at Stockholm University, Sweden. His research interests include cognitive-functional approaches to linguistics, variation in BrE and AmE, corpus-based studies and corpus compilation, syntax-semantics interfaces and the semantics-pragmatics continuum.

Paul Rickman is a University Teacher in English Language and a doctoral candidate at the University of Tampere, Finland. His research interests include complementation, New Zealand English, new-dialect formation, phonetics, and corpus linguistics.

Juhani Rudanko is Professor of English at the University of Tampere, Finland. He has written a number of books in the area of complementation, including Complementation and Case Grammar, Prepositions and Complement Clauses, Corpora and Complementation, and Changes in Complementation in British and American English.

Jukka Havu is Professor of French Language at the University of Tampere, Finland. He has published scientific articles on a range of topics related to tense and aspect, and verbal complementation. During the period 2001-2004 he worked as the Director of the Finnish Cultural Institute in Paris.