03272nam 2200529 a 450 991082615220332120200520144314.01-282-16300-0978661216300590-272-9877-7(CKB)1000000000578996(EBL)622304(OCoLC)70739224(MiAaPQ)EBC622304(EXLCZ)99100000000057899619980806d1999 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe clause in English in honour of Rodney Huddleston /edited by Peter Collins, David Lee1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia John Benjamins Pub. Co.c19991 online resource (352 p.)Studies in language companion series,0165-7763 ;v. 45Description based upon print version of record.1-55619-931-7 90-272-3048-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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)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 parStudies in language companion series ;v. 45.English languageClausesEnglish languageClauses.425Huddleston Rodney D202952Collins Peter1950-1601313Lee David(David A.)1370070MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826152203321The clause in English4197169UNINA