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The use of inanimate subjects with the get-passive: A WebCorp study

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Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Paderborn, course: The Web as a Linguistic Corpus, language: English, abstract: This paper is concerned with the use of the internet in linguistic research. The phenomenon under investigation is the get-passive. In a first step, I will outline reasons for and problems with using the web as a linguistic corpus. After this, I will explain the linguistic phenomenon "get-passive", taking into account the debate on the term itself, typical characteristics of the get-passive and its diachronic development. The next step will be the description and analysis of the WebCorp study on get-passives as opposed to be-passives. In this way, I hope to be able to show whether the constraints traditionally attributed to get-passives, in particular animacy of the subject, are still in force, or in how far they are lessening, possibly making the get-passive an equivalent contestant to the be-passive. Differences between British and American English will be examined in order to find out whether either variant is more advanced.

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Authors Caroline Steinhoff
Publisher Grin Verlag
 
Languages English, German
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 20.12.2010
 
EAN 9783640099238
ISBN 978-3-640-09923-8
No. of pages 24
Dimensions 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
Weight 51 g
Series Akademische Schriftenreihe
Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V92647
Akademische Schriftenreihe
Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V92647
Subjects Fiction > Mixed anthologies
Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies

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