[Corpora-List] Sum: VERB into VERBing

From: Stefan Th. Gries (STGries@sitkom.sdu.dk)
Date: Fri Mar 21 2003 - 19:37:21 MET

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    Dear colleagues

    A week ago I posted a query concerning literature on the construction
    exemplified in (1).

    (1) a. He can trick the doctor into giving him an alibi. (BNC:FF0)
            b. They were forced into formulating an opinion. (BNC:CF4)
            c. He talked me into staying two more days. (BNC:CCW)

    As a result, I received the following references:

    Alsina, Alex. 1996 "Resultatives: A Joint Operation of Semantic and
    Syntactic Structures." Paper presented at the LFG Workshop, Grenoble,
    France.
    Rudanko, Juhani. 1996. Prepositions and Complement Clauses. Albany: State
    University of New York Press.
    Khalifa, Jean-Charles. 1999. La Syntaxe anglaise aux consours. Armand Colin
    Rudanko, Juhani. 2000. Corpora and Complementation. Lanham, New York,
    Oxford: University Press of America. (esp. Ch. 5)
    Rudanko, Juhani. 2001 "Into -ing as a construction in English" Paper
    presented at the 1st Construction Grammar Conference in 2001.
    Rudanko, Juhani. 2002. "Construction Grammar and Linguistic Productivity: A
    Case Study Based on Corpus Evidence." Paper given at the AAACL in
    Indianapolis.
    Rudanko, Juhani .2002. Complements and Constructions: Corpus-Based Studies
    on Sentential Complements in English in Recent Centuries. Lanham, Maryland:
    University Press of America.

    Also, I was informed of the Collins Cobuild Grammar Patterns: 1: Verbs
    (Section 17, pp 396-398), where this construction/pattern is classified into
    5 different meaning groups:
    1) Force: badger, blackmail, bludgeon, bounce, brainwash, browbeat,
    bulldoze, bully, chivvy, coerce, co-opt, cow, dragoon, force, frighten,
    goad, intimidate, manipulate, nag, panic, press, press-gang, pressure,
    pressurize, prod, provoke, push, railroad, scare, shock, stampede,
    steamroller, talk, terrify.
    2) Trick: con, deceive, delude. dupe, entrap, fool, hoodwink, inveigle,
    lure, mislead, sucker, trap, trick.
    3) Charm: beguile, bribe, cajole, charm, coax, entice, flatter, sweet talk,
    tempt.
    4) Spur: galvanize, jolt, lead, nudge, persuade, propel, seduce, spur,
    steer, stimulate, stir, tempt.
    5) Other: chasten, condition, embarrass, lull, manoeuvre, rush, shame,
    sidetrack.

    I thank the following contributors for their advice (in alphabetical order):
    Cristiano Brocchias
    Heidi Harley
    Jean-Charles Khalifa
    Anna Korhonen
    Andrew Moody
    Juhani Rudanko
    John Swales
    L. Amber Wilcox-O'Hearn

    Stefan Th. Gries
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