The expressivity of grammar : grammatical devices expressing emotion across time / / Axel Hübler
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| Autore: |
Hübler Axel
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| Titolo: |
The expressivity of grammar : grammatical devices expressing emotion across time / / Axel Hübler
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| Pubblicazione: | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1998 |
| Edizione: | Reprint 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (vii, 253 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 425/.01/9 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Grammar |
| Emotions | |
| Classificazione: | HF 183 |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The expressivity of grammar |
| ISBN: | 3-11-080017-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910785525103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Topics in English linguistics ; ; 25.