Infinitival verb complementation: Theory and usage as a basis for pedagogy
Mills, Douglas Glen
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Description
Title
Infinitival verb complementation: Theory and usage as a basis for pedagogy
Author(s)
Mills, Douglas Glen
Issue Date
1986
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Bouton, Lawrence
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Division of English as a Second Language
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Keyword(s)
Teaching English as Second Language
Infinitival Verb Complementation
Non-Native Speakers of English
Pedagogical Priorities
Corpus-Based Approach
Language
eng
Abstract
The major goal of this study is to develop a set of pedagogical priorities for the teaching of infinitival verb complementation to non-native speakers of English. This goal is pursued through a comprehensive Literature Review in the first chapter, a study of native-speaker usage of infinitival verb complementation in academic English in the second chapter, and the synthesis of the conclusions of the first two chapters in the third. Secondary goals include the development of a corpus-based approach to determining pedagogical priorities in teaching a given set of structures and the development of a methodology using the computer to process a corpus of naturally occurring word processed documents. The secondary goals are dealt with in Chapter Two.
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