Nice to Meet You or Nice Meeting You: Complementation Patterns of Emotive Adjectives
Nice to Meet You or Nice Meeting You: Complementation Patterns of Emotive Adjectives
Author(s): Michał KalugaSubject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Translation Studies
Published by: Instytut Anglistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Summary/Abstract: The current paper investigates the plausibility of the claim that the complementation patterns of an adjective can resemble that of a verb as well as its compliance with the rules of Present-Day English. The results of the research suggest that, as long noted in the case with verbs, the gerund complement is diff using over the to-infinitive in regressive contexts. The study also reveals additional factors which might influence a speaker’s choice of the respective complement type.
Journal: ANGLICA - An International Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 27/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 47-58
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English