In English there are a variety of causal adjunct phrases such as because of, as a result of, on account of and in spite of. It was reported recently that a new structure because X is thriving in colloquial registers including conversations and blogs. The complement X is not only restricted to nominals but also includes other lexical categories such as adjectives, adverbs and even verbs. This article delves into the history of this usage and its reasoning, and conducts a survey on other causal adjuncts to determine whether the same kind of innovation is observed with other adjunct phrases. The survey shows that the new usage started from NP complements and has been extended to include complements of other lexical categories, and that the new usage attested in because X is also observed with in case X. The truncation of the final preposition is verified with all the adjunct phrases in the survey, but the category of the complement is basically restricted to nominals in the case of other phrases. We will look into the factors segregating the two groups of adjuncts, namely because/in case X, and other causal adjuncts.

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因果附加短语中的无类别补语选择

在英语中有各种各样的因果附加短语，例如因为,后果,由于和尽管。近日有消息称，新架构因为 X在口语领域蓬勃发展，包括对话和博客。补体X不仅限于名词，还包括形容词、副词甚至动词等其他词汇类别。本文深入探讨了这种用法的历史及其推理，并对其他因果附加语进行了调查，以确定是否在其他附加短语中观察到了相同的创新。调查显示，新用法从 NP 补语开始，并已扩展到包括其他词汇类别的补语，并且新用法在因为 X也观察到如果是 X. 结尾介词的截断与调查中的所有附加短语一起验证，但补语的类别在其他短语的情况下基本上仅限于名词性。我们将研究区分两组附属物的因素，即因为/万一 X, 和其他因果关系。