Parenthetical verbs / edited by Stefan Schneider, Julie Glikman and Mathieu Avanzi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schneider, Stefan, editor.

Glikman, Julie, editor.

Avanzi, Mathieu, editor.

Series:

Linguistische Arbeiten

Linguistische Arbeiten, 0344-6727 ; volume 557

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest. This volume presents the – often contrasting – theoretical positions on parenthetical verbs and examines them from different analytical perspectives. It covers parenthetical verbs in English as well as in several other languages. Methodologically, the volume is marked by its empirical orientation: Most contributions are based on data from experiments or corpora.

Parenthesis has recently seen a considerable surge in interest. This volume presents the – often contrasting – theoretical positions on parenthetical verbs and examines them from different analytical perspectives. The initial theoretical section contains, among others, two contributions presenting diametrically opposed analyses of the syntax of parenthetical verbs. Although (synchronic) syntax pervades the volume, other analytical levels and approaches are also given weight: The second section provides insights into the historical and ontogenetic development of parenthetical verbs, while the third section deals with prosody and prosody-syntax or prosody-semantics mappings. The volume covers parenthetical verbs in English as well as in several other languages (Danish, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Turkish), some of which are rarely taken into consideration when dealing with parentheticals. Methodologically, the volume is marked by its strong empirical orientation: With few exceptions, the contributions are based on data from experiments or from corpora (historical, contemporary, diachronic, synchronic, oral, written, child, adult).

Contents:

Front matter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Parentheticals and the grammar of complementation

On theticals: A “rootless” analysis of I think

Speaker and quote reduced parenthetical clauses

On V2, gaps, and operators in comment and reporting parentheticals

An approach to parenthetical courtesy markers in requests in Late Modern English

Origin and development of French parenthetical verbs

Ontogenetic paths to the parenthetical construction

Epistemic Parenthetical Verb Phrases: Command, Semantic Scope and Prosodic Phrasing

Are reporting clauses special cases of parentheticals?

Mapping to prosody: Not all parentheticals are alike

The Vocative in European Portuguese: Prosodic Effects of its Position in the Sentence

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 1, 2015).

ISBN:

9783110376142

3110376148

9783110394191

3110394197

OCLC:

908080187