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Nonfinite Clauses. An analysis of to-infinitives and -ing participles in newspaper articles from “The Guardian”

Name: Nonfinite Clauses. An analysis of to-infinitives and -ing participles in newspaper articles from “The Guardian”
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Author: Anonym
ISBN: 978-3-668-23603-5

Term Paper, 2013

21 Pages, Grade: 2,3

Anonymous

Excerpt

1 Introduction

2 Past research: Theoretical Background
2.1 Structural classes
2.2 Embedded nonfinite clauses on the clause level
2.2.1 Subject
2.2.2 Direct Object
2.2.3 Subject Complement
2.2.4 Object Complement
2.2.5 Adverbial
2.3 Embedded nonfinite clauses on the phrase level
2.3.1 Noun Phrase
2.3.2 Adjective Phrase
2.3.3 Prepositional Phrase

3 Present research question: Application of theoretical background

4 Methods and data: Analysis of three newspaper articles

5 Results: Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis
5.1 Quantitative occurrence of nonfinite clauses
5.2 Qualitative appraisal of embeddedness on the clause level
5.2.1 Subject
5.2.2 Direct Object
5.2.3 Subject Complement
5.2.4 Object Complement
5.2.5 Adverbial
5.3 Quantitative appraisal of embeddedness on the phrase level
5.3.1 Noun Phrase
5.3.2 Adjective Phrase
5.3.3 Prepositional Phrase

6 Discussion and Conclusion

7 Bibliography

8 Appendix

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Title: Nonfinite Clauses. An analysis of to-infinitives and -ing participles in newspaper articles from “The Guardian”
College: University of Würzburg
Grade: 2,3
Year: 2013
Pages: 21
Catalog Number: V323736
ISBN (eBook): 9783668236028
ISBN (Book): 9783668236035
File size: 1663 KB
Language: English
Keywords: nonfinite clauses, to-infinitives, ing participle, phrases, Sapir, language diversity, sentence analysis

Quote paper: Anonymous, 2013, Nonfinite Clauses. An analysis of to-infinitives and -ing participles in newspaper articles from “The Guardian”, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/323736

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