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Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization

  • Mark Kaunisto and Juhani Rudanko
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Corpus Linguistics, Context and Culture
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Abstract

This chapter discusses the occurrences of covert noun phrase objects with the verb advise. Contrary to the condition known as Bach’s Generalization, according to which noun phrase objects cannot be omitted in object control structures, linguists have also noted that covert objects in structures of this type are indeed possible. With the aid of large electronic corpora, instances of the covert object pattern with advise are examined from the 19th century to the present day. In addition to quantitative observations on the use of the covert object pattern, attention is given to the semantic characteristics that the pattern manifests compared to instances with explicit objects. Pragmatic considerations may also be relevant in that the indeterminate specificity of the understood object could make the covert object pattern particularly suitable or desirable in situations where considerations of tact could play a role.

Abstract

This chapter discusses the occurrences of covert noun phrase objects with the verb advise. Contrary to the condition known as Bach’s Generalization, according to which noun phrase objects cannot be omitted in object control structures, linguists have also noted that covert objects in structures of this type are indeed possible. With the aid of large electronic corpora, instances of the covert object pattern with advise are examined from the 19th century to the present day. In addition to quantitative observations on the use of the covert object pattern, attention is given to the semantic characteristics that the pattern manifests compared to instances with explicit objects. Pragmatic considerations may also be relevant in that the indeterminate specificity of the understood object could make the covert object pattern particularly suitable or desirable in situations where considerations of tact could play a role.

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
  5. Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
  6. The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
  7. Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
  8. Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
  9. Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
  10. Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
  11. Family collocation 165
  12. Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
  13. The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
  14. Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
  15. Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
  16. Part III: Learner contexts
  17. A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
  18. Phraseological teddy bears 339
  19. “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
  20. Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
  21. Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
  22. Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
  23. Corpus research for SLA 467
  24. List of contributors 483
  25. Index 487
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110489071-010

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter I
  2. Contents V
  3. Introduction 1
  4. Part I: Discourse contexts and cultures
  5. Patterns of discursive urban place-making in Brooklyn, New York 13
  6. The English of current Caribbean newspapers 43
  7. Corporate identity and its variation over time 75
  8. Applying Geographical Information Systems to researching historical corpora 109
  9. Corpus linguistics: Widening the remit 137
  10. Part II: Contexts of lexis and grammar
  11. Family collocation 165
  12. Factors influencing the translation of -ing participial free adjuncts 197
  13. The diachronic productivity of native combining forms in American English 223
  14. Advise against -ing: An emerging class of exceptions to Bach’s Generalization 253
  15. Subjective progressives in the history of American English 275
  16. Part III: Learner contexts
  17. A syntactic analysis of the introductory it pattern in non-native-speaker and nativespeaker student writing 307
  18. Phraseological teddy bears 339
  19. “Dear Man men and women madam, dear xxx sir” 363
  20. Marked themes in advanced learner English 387
  21. Phrasal verbs in the spoken and written modes of Norwegian L2 learner English 409
  22. Conversational gesture corpus analysis 437
  23. Corpus research for SLA 467
  24. List of contributors 483
  25. Index 487
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