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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824777503321

Autore

Hengeveld Kees <1957->

Titolo

Non-verbal predication : theory, typology, diachrony / / by Kees Hengeveld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1992

ISBN

3-11-088328-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2010]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Functional Grammar Series [FGS] ; ; 15

Classificazione

ET 690

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Verb phrase

Functionalism (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 (p. [293]-305) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Some basic principles of Functional Grammar -- 2. The sample -- 3. Non-verbal predication -- 4. Parts of speech -- 5. A classification of non-verbal predications -- 6. Non-verbal predictability -- 7. Alternatives for non-verbal predications -- 8. The expression of non-verbal predications -- 9. Systems of non-verbal predication -- 10. Copularization -- 11. Auxiliarization -- 12. Conclusion -- References -- Index of languages -- Index of names -- Index of subjects

Sommario/riassunto

Non-Verbal Predication : Theory, Typology, Diachrony