The changing verb phrase in present-day British English

当今英式英语中动词短语的变化

• 批准号: AH/E006299/1
• 负责人: Sebastiaan Aarts
• 金额: $ 33.84万
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FE006299%2F1
• 关键词: changing; verb; phrase; present; day

This research aims to investigate in which ways English verbal constructions have changed in the recent past in spoken present-day English. An example of a recent change in English is the increased use of the so-called progressive construction (e.g. 'I am singing'), exemplified in the McDonalds slogan 'I'm loving it', where in the past one might have simply said 'I love it!'. Another example is the use of a definite time reference with the so-called perfect construction in English (e.g. 'I have read it.'). Thus, whereas in the past a sentence like 'I have seen him last week' was unacceptable - and still is to many speakers - constructions like this have been attested with some frequency recently. The project aims to study the nature, extent and reasons for such changes in English. Use will be made of a recently developed collection of spoken material (a 'corpus') which contains spontaneous spoken English from the 1960s and from the 1990s. The choice of spoken language as a source of data is important, given that it is generally agreed among linguists that changes in languages originate in that medium.

本研究旨在探讨英语动词性结构在现代英语口语中的变化。最近英语变化的一个例子是越来越多地使用所谓的进行结构（例如“我在唱歌”），例如麦当劳的口号“我爱它”，在过去，人们可能会简单地说“我爱它！'.另一个例子是在英语中所谓的完成结构中使用确定的时间参考（例如，“我已经读过了。').因此，尽管在过去，像“I have seen him last week”这样的句子是不可接受的--而且对许多说话者来说仍然是不可接受的--但像这样的结构最近已经被证明是相当频繁的了。该项目旨在研究英语这种变化的性质、程度和原因。将使用最近开发的口语材料（语料库），其中包含从20世纪60年代和90年代的自发口语收集。选择口头语言作为数据来源很重要，因为语言学家普遍认为语言的变化源于口头语言。

项目成果

Developments in English - Expanding Electronic Evidence

英语的发展 - 扩展电子证据

• DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139833882.006
• 发表时间: 2014
• 作者: Aarts B

The Verb Phrase in English - Investigating Recent Language Change with Corpora

英语动词短语 - 用语料库调查最近的语言变化

• DOI: 10.1017/cbo9781139060998.014
• 发表时间: 2013
• 作者: Bowie J

The to-infinitival perfect: A study of decline

至不定式完成时：衰落研究

• 发表时间: 2016
• 期刊: Corpus Studies and Beyond
• 作者: Bowie J.

English Modality - Core, Periphery and Evidentiality

英语情态——核心、外围和证据性

• DOI: 10.1515/9783110286328.57
• 发表时间: 2013
• 作者: Bowie J

Re-assessing the Present Perfect

重新评估现在完成时

• DOI: 10.1515/9783110443530-005
• 发表时间: 2016
• 作者: Bowie J