Infinitival verb complementation: Theory and usage as a basis for pedagogy

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Division of English as a Second Language

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

1986

Author dc:creator

• Mills, Douglas Glen

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bouton, Lawrence

• Teaching English as Second Language
• Infinitival Verb Complementation
• Non-Native Speakers of English
• Pedagogical Priorities
• Corpus-Based Approach

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• Copyright owned by the author.

Language dc:language

eng

Handle dc:identifier

https://hdl.handle.net/2142/125910

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/125910