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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826152203321

Titolo

The clause in English : in honour of Rodney Huddleston / / edited by Peter Collins, David Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1999

ISBN

1-282-16300-0

9786612163005

90-272-9877-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Studies in language companion series, , 0165-7763 ; ; v. 45

Altri autori (Persone)

HuddlestonRodney D

CollinsPeter <1950->

LeeDavid (David A.)

Disciplina

425

Soggetti

English language - Clauses

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

THE CLAUSE IN ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Introduction; Curriculum Vitae of Rodney Desmond Huddleston; The semantics of English quantifiers; Language, linear precedence and parentheticals; The English modifier well; The deictic-presentation construction in English; Relative clauses: Structure and typology on the periphery of standard English; Post nominal modifiers in the English noun phrase; Elliptical clauses in spoken and written English; On the nature of ?I believe Jack to arrive tomorrow; Intransitive prepositions: Are they viable?

Sentences, clauses, statements and propositionsSome interactions between tense and negation in English; The English accusative-and-infinitive construction: A categorial analysis; On the boundaries of syntax: Non-syntagmatic relations; Gerund participles and head-complement inflection conditions; Isolated if-clauses in Australian English; Functional and structural: The practicalities of clause knowledge in language education; Subject Index; STUDIES IN LANGUAGE COMPANION SERIES (SLCS)

Sommario/riassunto

The focus in this volume is on grammatical aspects of the clause in English, presenting a fine balance between theoretically- and



descriptively-oriented approaches. Some authors investigate the status and properties of 'minor' or 'fringe' constructions, including 'deictic-presentationals'; non-restrictive relative clauses with that; 'isolated if-clauses', and 'exceptional clauses'. In some articles the validity of conventional accounts and approaches is questioned: such as traditional constituency trees and labelled bracketings as a means of representing relationships between par