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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964130803321

Autore

Hübler Axel

Titolo

The expressivity of grammar : grammatical devices expressing emotion across time / / Axel Hübler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998

ISBN

9783110800173

3110800179

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vii, 253 pages)

Collana

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; ; 25

Classificazione

HF 183

Disciplina

425/.01/9

Soggetti

English language - Grammar

Emotions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [222]-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Communication, emotions and expressivity -- 2. The so-called possessive dative -- 3. The ethic dative -- 4. The expanded form -- 5. The present perfect -- 6. The periphrastic do -- 7. The get-passive -- 8. Putting the results in perspective: Grammar and the Self -- Notes -- References -- Index of authors -- Index of subjects -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

This study investigates the way in which the speaker's attitude to what is said is simplicity coded in grammar. It argues that expressivity should be assigned a more central position than linguistic theory has so far conceded.