Subjects in English : from valency grammar to a constructionist treatment of non-canonical subjects / Peter Uhrig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Uhrig, Peter, author.

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 321

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Noun phrase.

English language.

English language--Clauses.

English language--Dependency grammar.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The purpose of the book is twofold. First it tries to give a descriptive account of subjects in English. The second aim is to elucidate the status of the subject both as a concept in grammatical theory and with regard to the question whether the subject is determined by item-specific arbitrary formal restrictions in the same way as postverbal complements of the verb have been shown to be.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations, symbols and frequently used labels

List of Figures

List of Tables

1. Introduction

2. Theory

3. Methodological Considerations

4. Clausal Subjects in active clauses

5. Analysis of subjects in passive clauses

6. Analysis of subjects in copular clauses

7. Extraposition

8. Existentials

9. Conclusions and perspectives for syntactic models

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110587289

3110587289

9783110589801

311058980X

OCLC:

1042034783