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Verb-dependent non-finite complementation and, in particular, to- and bare-infinitive complement clauses have been the subject of extensive investigation and debate. The aim of this monograph is to contribute to the existing literature by modelling the variation in relation to a selection of verbs that govern to- and bare-infinite complements in the recent history of American and British English. Using methodologies provided by corpus linguistics and multivariate analyses, this book attempts to account for the forces that make certain verbs show a preference for either to-infinitive or bare-infinitive complementation from Middle English onwards, and to provide a comprehensive description of the factors that influence the choice of infinitival. Specifically, this monograph deals with morphological, syntactic and semantic/pragmatic variation between to- and bare-infinitive complementation in English, governed by, specifically, dare, need and help.

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Sofía Bemposta-Rivas holds a PhD in English philology from the University of Vigo. She completed a BA and an MA in advanced English studies at the same institution, where she is an active member of the research group Language Variation and Textual Categorisation (LVTC). Her research focuses on English historical syntax, specifically on non-finite complementation, using corpora and empirical methodologies. Thanks to the financial support provided by the LVTC group, the English Linguistic Circle (ELC) network and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Sofía developed research stays in Edinburgh, Leuven, York, Lancaster, British Columbia and Bamberg.

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