Adjunct adverbials in English / Hilde Hasselgård.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hasselgård, Hilde, author.

Series:

Studies in English language.

Studies in English language

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Adverbials.

English language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence. The description of the frequency of meaning types and discussion of the reasons for selecting positions show that the use of adverbials differs across text types. Adverbial usage is often linked to the general build-up of a text and part of its content and purpose. In using real texts, Hasselgård identifies a challenge for the classification of adjuncts, and also highlights that some adjuncts have uses that extend into the textual and interpersonal domains, obscuring the traditional divisions between adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts.

Contents:

A framework for analysing adverbials. Studying adjunct adverbials ; The classification of adverbials ; Some syntactic features of adverbial placement

Adverbial positions : theme, cohesion and information dynamics. Initial position ; Medical position ; End position ; The cleft focus position ; Combinations of positions

Semantic types of adverbials : subtypes, frequencies and usage. Space and time adjuncts ; Adjuncts of manner and contingency ; Other adjunct types : participant, respect, focus, degree, situation, comparison and viewpoint

Adjunct adverbials in English. Adverbial usage across text types ; The grammar of English adjuncts : summary of findings and concluding remarks.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index

ISBN:

0-511-73948-6

1-107-20640-5

1-282-53609-5

9786612536090

9781107649347

0-511-67839-8

0-511-68162-3

0-511-67713-8

0-511-68360-X

0-511-67625-5

0-511-67964-5

OCLC:

609860792