Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Structures, patterns, constructions – studying variation and change in lexico-grammar 1
5. Part 1. Semantic description of constructions
6. Talk into vs convince to 15
7. Passive permissives 31
8. Goldberg’s Rely On construction 55
9. Part 2. Variation and change in complementation patterns
10. Aspects of the use of the transitive into -ing pattern in New Zealand English 71
11. Complementation of ashamed  – diachrony and determinants of variation 89
12. Sentential complementation of propose in recent British English 109
13. The use of optional complement markers in present-day English 129
14. Patterns of direct transitivization and differences between British and American English 151
15. Part 3. The emergence of new patterns
16. I would like to request for your attention 171
17. The development of infinitival complementation with or without language contact 197
18. Anglicising Finnish complementation? Examining the rakastan puhua (‘I love to speak’) structure in present-day Finnish 215
19. Author index 233
20. Subject index 235