Comparing Alternate Complements of Object Control Verbs: Evidence from the Bank of English Corpus
Juhani Rudanko · 2003
This article focuses on sentential complements of the verbs pressure and prevent in present-day English. It is shown how each verb selects two types of complements that are similar for instance with respect to control properties and the semantic roles involved. However, it is argued on the basis of data from the full Bank of English Corpus that it is possible to identify the specific characteristics of the complementation patterns involved. Overall, the study illustrates the benefits of using a large electronic corpus in the investigation of an aspect of the system of English predicate complementation.