GERUND_COMP Verb + gerund complementation
Definition
Verbs taking gerund complement (begin/start/continue/hate/love V-ing)
Detection Rules
bohmann_2019
cql[lemma={words}] []{0,2} [pos="VBG"]
Word list (7 items)
begin
cease
continue
decline
hate
love
start
Normalization
Per words
Sources
- bohmann_2019 — Bohmann, Axel (2019) : Variation in English Worldwide: Varieties and Genres in a Quantitative Perspective
- grieve_2016 — Grieve, Jack (2016) : Regional Variation in Written American English
- leech_2009 — Leech, Geoffrey; Hundt, Marianne; Mair, Christian; Smith, Nicholas (2009) : Change in Contemporary English — A Grammatical Study