05197nam 2200613 a 450 991046143180332120200520144314.01-280-49727-0978661359250790-272-7388-X(CKB)2670000000151249(EBL)861547(OCoLC)779693952(SSID)ssj0000826894(PQKBManifestationID)11474925(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000826894(PQKBWorkID)10820633(PQKB)11301834(MiAaPQ)EBC861547(Au-PeEL)EBL861547(CaPaEBR)ebr10534223(EXLCZ)99267000000015124920120308d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEnglish grammar[electronic resource]Volume II a function-based introduction /T. GivónAmsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co.19931 online resource (380 pages)Description based upon print version of record.1-55619-458-7 90-272-2099-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.ENGLISH GRAMMAR A FUNCTION-BASED INTRODUCTION Volume II; Title page; Copyright page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; 7. VERBAL COMPLEMENTS; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. THE SEMANTICS OF EVENT INTEGRATION; 7.2.1. Preamble; 7.2.2. Sub-dimensions of event integration; 7.2.2.1. Semantic and syntactic definitions: manipulation and P-C-U verbs; 7.2.2.2. Implicativity, co-temporality and control; 7.2.2.3. Intent, control and agentivity; 7.2.2.4. Control and temporal contiguity; 7.2.2.5. Direct contact and spatio-temporal contiguity; 7.2.2.6. Resistance, coercive effort and independence7.2.2.7. Event integration vs. causation 7.2.2.8. Referential cohesion and event integration; 7.2.2.9, Authority and verbal manipulation; 7.2.3. From manipulation to preference to epistemics; 7.2.4. Tense agreement and integrated perspective; 7.2.5. From indirect to direct quote: The de-coupling of point-of-view; 7.2.6. Summary; 7.3. THE SYNTAX OF CLAUSE INTEGRATION; 7.3.1. Preamble; 7.3.2. Verb adjacency or co-lexicalization; 7.3.3. Case-marking of the complement-clause subject; 7.3.4. Verb morphology: Degree of finiteness; 7.3.5. Physical separation: Subordinators and pause7.4. MODALITY VERBS 7.4.1. Definition of modality verbs; 7.4.2. Semantic dimensions; 7.4.2.1. Referential cohesion and event integration; 7.4.2.2. Implicativity; 7.4.2.3. Strength of intent; 7.4.2.4. How-to complements; 7.4.2.5. From self-directed intent to other-directed preference; 7.5. FOR-TO COMPLEMENTS; 7.6. CONDITIONAL COMPLEMENTS; 7.7. WH-COMPLEMENTS; 7.8. POST-POSED P-C-U VERBS; 7.9. NON-VERBAL PREDICATES WITH VERBAL COMPLEMENTS; NOTES; 8. VOICE AND DE-TRANSITIVIZATION; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. FUNCTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF VOICE; 8.2.1. The semantics of transitivity8.2.2. The pragmatics of voice 8.2.2.1. Perspective and topicality; 8.2.2.2. Active voice; 8.2.2.3. Passive voice; 8.2.2.4. Antipassive voice; 8.2.3. Demotion, promotion and resulting state; 8.2.3.1. Agent demotion; 8.2.3.2. Promotion of a non-agent; 8.2.3.3. Verb stativization; 8.3. THE FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTION OF VOICE IN TEXT; 8.4. THE SYNTAX OF DE-TRANSITIVE CLAUSES; 8.4.1. Syntactic coding devices; 8.4.2. Promotional vs. non-promotional de-transitives; 8.4.3. Case-role restrictions in de-transitivization; 8.4.3.1. Case-role restrictions8.4.3.2. Understanding promotional passives: Semantic vs. pragmatic case-marking 8.4.3.3. Exceptions that reaffirm the rule; 8.5. OTHER DE-TRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS; 8.5.1. Preamble; 8.5.2. The GET-passive; 8.5.2.1. Historical development; 8.5.2.2. Agentivity, intent and control; 8.5.2.3. Human patient-subject; 8.5.2.4. Involvement and adversity; 8.5.2.5. Register and social class; 8.5.3. Impersonal-subject clauses; 8.5.3.1. Non-referring subject pronouns; 8.5.3.2. Pragmatic demotion and promotion; 8.5.3.3. Intent and control; 8.5.3.4. Semantically-active status8.5.3.5. The distribution of impersonal-subject clausesThe approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional; grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. In grammar as in music, good expression rides on good form. Figuratively and literally, grammar like musical form must make sense. But for the instrument to serve its purpose, it must first exist; the rules must be real, they can be explicitly described and taught. This book is intended for both students and teachers, at college level, for both native and nonnative speakers.English languageGrammarElectronic books.English languageGrammar.428.2Givón Talmy1936-386338MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461431803321English grammar1256517UNINA