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2.1Decrease in the use of modal verbs in AmE fiction and newspapers (based on COHA)
2.2Increase in the use of the semi-modal have to in AmE fiction and newspapers (based on COHA)
2.3Increase in the use of specific phrasal-prepositional verbs in AmE (based on COHA)
3.1Academic and non-academic registers along two situational parameters
3.2The distribution of complexity features in conversation and academic writing
3.3Common finite clause types functioning as clausal constituents
3.4Common dependent phrasal types functioning as constituents in a noun phrase
3.8Major grammatical classes across three major written registers
3.9Dependent clause types across three major written registers
3.10Noun phrase modifiers across three major written registers
3.11Major grammatical classes across sub-disciplines of academic writing
3.12Dependent clause types across sub-disciplines of academic writing
3.13Noun phrase modifiers across sub-disciplines of academic writing
3.14Prepositional phrases across sub-disciplines of academic writing
3.15Appositive noun phrases in newspapers versus two sub-disciplines of academic writing
3.16Noun + participle as nominal pre-modifiers across sub-disciplines of academic writing
3.17Explicit versus implicit signals of logical relations across sub-disciplines of academic writing
4.1Distribution of nouns (per 1,000 words) across historical periods
4.4Historical change in science research writing: common nouns, nominalizations, and verbs
4.5Historical change in the use of noun phrase pre-modifier types in academic prose: attributive adjectives versus nouns as pre-modifiers
4.6Historical change in the use of emerging NP pre-modifier types in academic prose: N-XXing + N and N-XXed + N
4.8Historical change in the distribution and functions of prepositional phrases in science academic prose
4.9Historical change in the distribution of specific prepositional phrases functioning as noun modifiers in science academic prose
4.11Historical change in the use of definite and indefinite articles in science academic prose
4.12Historical change in the use of nouns across academic sub-registers
4.13Historical change in the use of nominalizations across academic sub-registers
4.14Historical change in the use of relative clauses across academic sub-registers
4.15Historical change in the use of noun + of-phrase across academic sub-registers
4.16Historical change in the use of nouns as nominal pre-modifiers across academic sub-registers
5.1Historical change in the proportional use of pre-modifying noun genitives (versus 's-genitives)
5.2Historical change in the proportional use of pre-modifying noun genitives (versus of-genitives)
5.3The 100 most frequent adjective types, categorized for descriptive versus classifier functions
5.7Historical change in the use of predicative relative clauses in science research articles
5.8Historical change (in COHA) of three grammatical variants: N + of, N + on, N + N
5.9Historical change (in COHA) of three grammatical variants: N + of, N + in, N + N
5.10Historical change (based on COCA) of three grammatical variants from 1990–2012: N + of, N + in, N + N
6.1Historical change in the use of linking adverbials versus colons as clause connectors in academic prose
