1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910706512103321

Autore

Schlee John S. <1928-2019, >

Titolo

Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States : sediment texture of the northeastern part / / by John Schlee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : United States Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, , 1973

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, L64 pages) : illustrations + + 6 plates

Collana

Geological Survey professional paper ; ; 529-L

Soggetti

Continental margins - New England

Marine sediments - Atlantic Coast (U.S.)

Continental shelf - Atlantic Coast (U.S.)

Continental margins

Marine sediments

United States

United States Atlantic Coast

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed September 30, 2014).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages L60-L64).

Sommario/riassunto

"Description of the bottom sediment on the continental margin off New England with emphasis on the sources of the sediment and the processes that have dispersed it."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910484385103321

Autore

He Qingshun

Titolo

Absolute Clauses in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective : A Corpus-Based Study / / by Qingshun He, Bingjun Yang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-46367-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Collana

The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series, , 2198-9869

Disciplina

421.6

Soggetti

Grammar

Philology

Linguistics

Language and Literature

Theoretical Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Absolute Clauses in the Literature  -- Approaching Absolute Clauses from the SFL Perspective -- Research Design -- Relationships Realized by Absolute Clauses -- Absolute Clauses Distributed in Three Corpora -- Discussions -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on the structural diversity, semantic variability, case choice, stylistic characteristics and diachronic distribution of English absolute clauses. The syntactic roles assumed by absolute clauses in the traditional sense can be categorized into clausal adjuncts, attendant circumstances and appositives. These three types of function correspond to the three hypotactic expansions in the relation system of clause complexes in Systemic Functional Linguistics, i.e., elaboration, extension and enhancement. This research, therefore, redefines absolute clauses in the framework of SFL and proposes four syntactic types of absolute clauses: absolute paratactic clauses (elaboration), absolute hypotactic clauses (extension and enhancement), absolute projected clauses (fact and act) and absolute embedded clauses (subject). Based on the Brown family corpora, BNC and COHA, this research finds that different function types of absolute clauses differ in



terms of their stylistic and diachronic distributions, and both nominative and accusative cases are acceptable.