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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806238403321

Autore

Hannay Michael

Titolo

English existentials in functional grammar / / Michael Hannay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter, , 2017

ISBN

3-11-133431-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2017]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 pages)

Collana

Functional Grammar Series [FGS] ; ; 3

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- Introduction -- 1. Existentials: a survey of general characteristics -- 2. Relevant aspects of Functional Grammar -- 3. The argument of the existential predicate -- 4. In support of the embedded predication analysis -- 5. Definite terms in existentials -- 6. The predicate restriction -- 7. Representations and expression rules -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index