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Abstract
Composite predicates (CPs), that is, complex predicate structures comprising a light verb and an eventive noun
(e.g., make a move or give a speech) are common in Present-day English and are particularly
characteristic of spoken language. The aim of the paper is to trace language changes involving CPs from 1560 to 1760, a period in
which the use of CPs has not yet received adequate scholarly attention. Specifically, the study examines the frequencies, lexical
productivity and syntactic patterns of CPs in two types of Early Modern English (EModE) dialogues, drawn from Trial Proceedings and Drama
Comedy sampled in A Corpus of English Dialogues 1560–1760 – a 1.2-million word computerized corpus of EModE
speech-related texts. The results reveal significant differences between the two types of dialogue and shed light on the
development of CPs in association with grammaticalization and lexicalization.
复合谓语(CPs)，即由一个轻动词和一个事件名词组成的复杂谓语结构(例如，make a move或give a speech)在现代英语中很常见，是口语的特别特点。本文的目的是追溯语言变化涉及从1560年至1760年的CPs，在这一时期，CPs的使用还没有得到足够的学术关注。具体来说，本研究考察了两种早期现代英语(EModE)对话中CPs的频率、词汇生产力和句法模式，这些对话取自《1560-1760年英语对话语料库》(一个120万字的EModE语音相关文本的计算机语料库)中的审判程序和戏剧喜剧。研究结果揭示了两种类型的对话之间的显著差异，并揭示了语法化和词汇化与cp发展的关系。
期刊介绍：
The Journal of Historical Pragmatics provides an interdisciplinary forum for theoretical, empirical and methodological work at the intersection of pragmatics and historical linguistics. The editorial focus is on socio-historical and pragmatic aspects of historical texts in their sociocultural context of communication (e.g. conversational principles, politeness strategies, or speech acts) and on diachronic pragmatics as seen in linguistic processes such as grammaticalization or discoursization. Contributions draw on data from literary or non-literary sources and from any language. In addition to contributions with a strictly pragmatic or discourse analytical perspective, it also includes contributions with a more sociolinguistic or semantic approach.
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