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Specificational and predicative clauses : a functional-cognitive account / Wout Van Praet.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Praet, Wout Van, author.
- Series:
- Topics in English linguistics ; Volume 112.
- Topics in English Linguistics, 1434-3452 ; Volume 112
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Grammar.
- English language.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (344 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]
- Summary:
- The future of English linguistics as envisaged by the editors of Topics in English Linguistics lies in empirical studies which integrate work in English linguistics into general and theoretical linguistics on the one hand, and comparative linguistics on the other. The TiEL series features volumes that present interesting new data and analyses, and above all fresh approaches that contribute to the overall aim of the series, which is to further outstanding research in English linguistics.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- Contents
- Key to transcription conventions
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Corpus compilation and methodology
- Chapter 3 A functional-structural analysis of predicative and specificational clauses
- Chapter 4 The indefinite NP in predicative and specificational copular clauses
- Chapter 5 Aspect and modality in the copular clause
- Chapter 6 The prosodically coded information structure of specificational and predicative copular clauses
- Chapter 7 The discourse embedding of predicative and specificational clauses
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 3-11-077199-3
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