Adjunct adverbials in English
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 beginnin...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press
2010.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
Studies in English language. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b42015662*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
