{"product_id":"spreading-patterns","title":"Spreading Patterns","description":"\u003cp\u003eSpreading Patterns examines how new constructions emerge and spread through the grammar of a language, in a process called \"diffusion\". This is done by tracking the development of three types of complements from the Middle English period to the present day. These are subject-controlled gerund complements, forELto-infinitives, and subject-controlled participial complements. In the first half of the book, De Smet focuses on how and why patterns diffuse. In the second half, which is largely corpus-based, De Smet tests his theoretical model of diffusion on the three complement types. His work demonstrates how diffusion interacts with the grammatical system of complementation, how diffusion proceeds, step-by-step, and why diffusion is directional. Spreading Patterns will appeal to scholars and advanced students of English, history of English, and historical linguistics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hendrik De Smet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43573119877181,"sku":"9780199812752","price":297.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780199812752.jpg?v=1788511171","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/spreading-patterns","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}