Info
Deconstructing constructions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martín Arista
| Deconstructing constructions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martín Arista |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 306 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Martín AristaJavier |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistic models Typology (Linguistics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-46944-8
9786613469441 90-272-8960-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453806603321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Deconstructing constructions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martín Arista
| Deconstructing constructions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martín Arista |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 306 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Martín AristaJavier |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistic models Typology (Linguistics) |
| ISBN |
1-283-46944-8
9786613469441 90-272-8960-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782429703321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Deconstructing constructions / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martin Arista
| Deconstructing constructions / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Javier Martin Arista |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xx, 306 p. : ill |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Martin AristaJavier |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Linguistic models Typology (Linguistics) |
| ISBN |
9786613469441
9781283469449 1283469448 9789027289605 9027289603 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Deconstructing Constructions -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Part 1. Theoretical issues -- Innovative coinage -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The problem: Lexical creativity -- 3. He's Beckhamed it": Eponyms as contextuals -- 4. Lexical innovation in Construction Grammar and Functional Discourse Grammar -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- The construction of macro-events -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Verb-framed and satellite framed languages -- 3. Some problems in Talmy's typology -- 3.1 Macro-events - Complex information units -- 3.2 Unfitting" data -- 3.3. A need for a constructional approach -- 4. Macro-event constructions - The constituents of the typology -- 4.1 Constructions -- 4.2 Macro-event constructions - Procedural function -- 5. A generalized typology of macro-event constructions -- 5.1 Motion events -- 5.2 Resultatives -- 5.3 Temporal contour (aspect) -- 5.4 Perception -- 6. A contrastive analysis of macro-event constructions -- 6.1 Motion events -- 6.2 Aspect -- 6.3 State change -- 6.4 Complex circumstances -- 7. Some results -- 8. Conclusion and some perspectives -- References -- Constructions, co-composition and merge* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The structural pattern of break verbs -- 3. Constructions, co-compositon, and merge -- 4. Co-composition and Role and Reference Grammar -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- A typology of morphological constructions* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Towards an RRG morphology -- 3. Constructions and constructional schemas in morphology -- 4. Constructional schemas in the morphology of Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara -- 5. Conclusion: The role of morphological constructions -- References -- Part 2. The Lexical Constructional Model: An overview -- The Lexical Constructional Model -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Relationships across theories.
3. The genesis of the Lexical Constructional Model -- 3.1 From Dik's FG and Coseriu's Lexematics to the Functional Lexematic Model -- 3.2 The Functional Lexematic Model and Role and Reference Grammar: A synthesis -- 3.3 Further enrichment of the semantics: The role of Natural Semantic Metalanguage and Meaning Text Theory -- 3.4 Synthesis with Construction Grammar and metaphor/metonymy theory: The birth of the Lexical Constructional Model -- 4. Strengths -- 5. Challenges -- 5.1 The relationship between semantics and morphosyntax -- 5.2 The relationship between grammar and the lexicon -- 5.3 Extending lexical coverage -- 5.4 The upper levels of the model -- 5.5 Criteria of adequacy for functional theories -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Levels of description and explanation in meaning construction* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Projections vs. constructions -- 3. The role of verbal semantics -- 4. Lexical templates -- 5. The possible relations between verbs and constructions -- 6. The pragmatic and discourse dimensions of constructional meaning -- 6.1 Implicational constructions -- 6.2 Illocutionary constructions -- 6.3 Discourse constructions -- 7. Cognitive constraints on meaning construction: Cueing and subsumption -- 7.1 Cued inferencing -- 7.2 Subsumption -- 8. Conclusion -- References -- Part 3. Studies of specific constructions -- Measuring out reflexivity in secondary predication in English and Spanish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Some methodological preliminaries -- 3. An overview on the continuum between reflexives and middles/intransitives -- 4. The reflexive subjective-transitive construction -- 5. The self-descriptive subjective-transitive construction in English and Spanish -- 6. Closing remarks and outlook -- References -- The inchoative construction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. An overview of the LCM. 2.1 Microstructure: Semantic representation in the LCM -- 2.2 Enriching lexical templates: Qualia structure -- 3. The inchoative construction -- 3.1 Constructional templates: The constructicon -- 3.2 The semantics of inchoatives -- 3.3 The interaction of the thesaurus and the constructicon: Unification processes -- 3.3.1 Constraints on event structure -- 3.3.2 Constraints on arguments -- 4. Conclusions -- References -- Semantic and pragmatic constraints on the English get-passive* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Semantico-pragmatic features of the get-passive -- 2.1 Actional-causative with resultative meaning -- 2.2 Tendency to occur without an overtly expressed agent -- 2.3 Adverse or beneficial consequences of the event described -- 2.4 Involvement in and responsibility for the event described -- 2.5 Speaker's attitude towards the event -- 3. A constructional account of the get-passive -- 3.1 The data: Semantic types -- 3.2 The interaction between verb and construction -- 3.3 The semantics of the construction -- 4. Final remarks -- References -- Name index -- Language index -- Subject index -- The series Studies in Language Companion Series. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910972042803321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The dynamics of language use [[electronic resource] ] : functional and contrastive perspectives / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?ia de los Angeles G?omez Gonz?alez, Susana M. Doval-Su?arez
| The dynamics of language use [[electronic resource] ] : functional and contrastive perspectives / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?ia de los Angeles G?omez Gonz?alez, Susana M. Doval-Su?arez |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 413 p |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Gómez-GonzálezMaría A Doval SuárezSusana Ma (Susana María) |
| Collana | Pragmatics & beyond |
| Soggetto topico |
Contrastive linguistics
Functionalism (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15647-0
9786612156472 90-272-9418-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450159303321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The dynamics of language use [[electronic resource] ] : functional and contrastive perspectives / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?ia de los Angeles G?omez Gonz?alez, Susana M. Doval-Su?arez
| The dynamics of language use [[electronic resource] ] : functional and contrastive perspectives / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?ia de los Angeles G?omez Gonz?alez, Susana M. Doval-Su?arez |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 413 p |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Gómez-GonzálezMaría A Doval SuárezSusana Ma (Susana María) |
| Collana | Pragmatics & beyond |
| Soggetto topico |
Contrastive linguistics
Functionalism (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
1-282-15647-0
9786612156472 90-272-9418-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783599503321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The dynamics of language use : functional and contrastive perspectives / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?ia de los Angeles G?omez Gonz?alez, Susana M. Doval-Su?arez
| The dynamics of language use : functional and contrastive perspectives / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Mar?ia de los Angeles G?omez Gonz?alez, Susana M. Doval-Su?arez |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvi, 413 p |
| Disciplina | 410 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Gomez-GonzalezMaria A Doval SuarezSusana Ma (Susana Maria) |
| Collana | Pragmatics & beyond |
| Soggetto topico |
Contrastive linguistics
Functionalism (Linguistics) Sociolinguistics Psycholinguistics |
| ISBN |
9786612156472
9781282156470 1282156470 9789027294180 9027294186 |
| Classificazione | ES 455 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Dynamics of Language Use -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Functional approaches to language -- 1. Introduction: Functionalism within the spectrum of linguistic theories -- 2. The main tenets of functionalism -- 3. Some further characteristics of functional approaches -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Resource list -- On contrastive linguistics -- 1. Some terminological issues -- 2. The revival of Contrastive Linguistics (CL) -- 3. Looking ahead: Challenges and problems -- Note -- References -- Resource list -- The present book -- 1. Form and function in a cognitive perspective -- 2. Information structure -- 3. Collocations and formulaic language -- 4. Language learning -- 5. Discourse and culture -- 6. Concluding remarks -- Form and function in a cognitive perspective -- The relation of grammar to thought -- 1. Introduction -- 2. From thoughts to semantics -- 2.1. Selection -- 2.2. Categorization -- 2.3. Orientation -- 2.4. Combination -- 3. Differentiating semantics from grammar -- 4. Lexicalization and grammaticalization -- 5. Concluding remarks: Grammar and thought -- References -- Communicative constructions in English and Spanish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The communicative process -- 3. The communicative construction -- 3.1. The participants -- 3.2. The process: Communication as transfer -- 4. Constructions with verba dicendi -- 5. Constructions without verba dicendi -- 5.1. Discharge verbs -- 5.2. Cognitive verbs -- 5.3. Manner of speaking verbs -- 5.4. Instrumental verbs -- 5.5. Verbs of gesture -- 6. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Information structure -- Incremental Functional Grammar and the language of football commentary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Functional Grammar -- 3. Functional Discourse Grammar.
4. Incremental Functional Grammar -- 5. Application to data -- 6. Discussion of the results -- 7. Conclusion -- Note -- References -- The role of Theme and Rheme in contrasting methods of organization in texts -- 1. Background and aims -- 2. Towards a procedure for a quantitative interpretation of method of development -- 2.1. The method of development and the point in an expository text -- 2.2. Quantitative interpretation of the method of development and the point -- 3. Comparison of texts -- 3.1. Textual analysis of narrative -- 3.2. Textual analysis of exposition -- 3.3. Extremely variant texts -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- On clefting in English and Spanish -- 1. Aims and background -- 2. The corpora and data -- 3. Formal properties -- 3.1. Do clefts exist in Spanish? -- 3.2. Clefts in English and Spanish -- 4. Semantic properties -- 4.1. Identifying constructions -- 4.2. Existential presupposition -- 4.3. The exhaustiveness implicature -- 5. Discourse-cognitive functions -- 5.1. Thematic flexibility -- 5.2. Newness-orientation -- 5.3. Interpersonal flavour -- 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Anaphoric terms and focus of attention in English and Spanish -- 1. Aims and background -- 2. Centering Theory -- 3. Applying Centering to spoken language -- 4. Ranking entities in the focus of attention -- 5. Choice of anaphoric term for the most salient entity -- 5.1. Referring expressions and transitions -- 5.2. Continue transitions -- 5.3. Retain transitions -- 5.4. Smooth shift transitions -- 5.5. Rough shift transitions -- 6. Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Collocations and formulaic language -- Formulaic language -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corpus-oriented approaches to formulaic language -- 2.1. Recurrent continuous sequences in English and Spanish -- 2.2. Recurrent discontinuous sequences in English and Spanish. 2.3. Widening the scope of the study: More flexible syntagmatic patterns in English, Spanish and Italian -- 2.4. Overall conclusions from corpus work: The idiom principle -- 3. A psycholinguistic approach to formulaicity -- 4. Some implications for language teaching and learning -- 4.1. The need to take syntagmatic patterns into account when thinking about vocabulary acquisition -- 4.2. The complex interplay of grammar and lexis -- 4.3. Differences in collocational behaviour of apparent translation equivalents across languages -- 4.4. Formulaic language in relation to psychological and social factors in language learning -- 5. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- A contrastive analysis of entrenchment and collocational force in variable-sized lexical units -- 1. Aims and background -- 2. Grammatical meaning, lexical meaning and lexical form -- 3. Semantic meaning and pragmatic meaning -- 4. Meaning extension and conceptual integration -- 5. Entrenchment: Collocational force and idiomaticity -- 6. The levels of compositionality -- 6.1. The collocational-level -- 6.2. The level of idiomaticity -- 6.3. The level of constructions -- 6.4. The level of metaphorical organization -- 6.5. The level of conceptual integration -- 7. Cross-correlation between compositionality, productivity and processing -- 8. Comparative linguistic data concerning entrenchment facilitated through iteration -- 9. A proposed formal classification of the linguistic data -- 10. Concluding remarks -- Note -- References -- Language learning -- Designing vocabulary tests for English, Spanish and other languages -- 1. Three vocabulary tests1 -- 1.1. Vocabulary size -- 1.2. Vocabulary organisation -- 1.3. Accessing the lexicon -- 2. The problems -- 2.1. Vocabulary size -- 2.2. Tests of lexical structure -- 2.3. Tests of lexical availability -- 3. Concluding remarks -- Note -- References. Timing in English and Spanish -- 1. Introduction -- 2. On syllable length -- 3. On phonological learning -- 4. Objectives -- 5. The study -- 5.1. Samples -- 5.2. Instrument -- 5.3. Procedure -- 6. Discussion of results -- 6.1. Results pertaining to groups G-1 and G-2 -- 6.2. Results relative to group G-3 -- 7. Conclusions -- 7.1. The timing of prosodic units in English and Spanish -- 7.2. The timing of Spanish prosodic units by Anglophone learners of that language -- Notes -- Appendix 1 -- English text -- Spanish text -- References -- Spanish and English intonation patterns -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Objectives -- 3. Methodology -- 3.1. Participants -- 3.2. Instruments -- 3.3. Procedure -- 4. Analysis and results -- 4.1. Tone group 1: Low drop -- 4.2. Tone group 2: High drop -- 4.3. Tone group 3: Take off -- 4.4. Tone group 4: Low bounce -- 4.5. Tone group 5: Switchback -- 4.6. Tone group 6: Long jump -- 4.7. Tone group 7: High bounce -- 4.8. Tone group 8: Jackknife -- 4.9. Tone group 9: High dive -- 4.10. Tone group 10: Terrace -- 5. Conclusions -- Notes -- Appendix I -- ENTONACIÓN INGLESA: TEST DE PERCEPCIÓN (Perception test) -- References -- Discourse and culture -- Emotivity in narrative discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Corpus and methodology -- 3. Analysis and discussion -- 3.1. < -- Emotive Place> -- : Terms of reference -- 3.2. Use of story-telling conventions -- 4. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Cardinal Transitivity in foregrounded discourse -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Refining the notion of cardinal Transitivity -- 3. The foreground/background distinction -- 4. Data analysis -- 4.1. Morphosyntactic and semantic transitivity at the clause level -- 4.2. Transitivity in discourse -- 5. Final remarks -- Notes -- Appendix -- References -- English consciousness in 19th century Spain -- 1. Aims and background -- 2. Description of the corpus. 3. Quantitative results -- 4. A selection of qualitative results -- 5. An analysis of the results -- 6. Concluding remarks -- Notes -- Appendix -- DISCURSOS INAUGURALES (`Opening lectures'): 1860-1870 -- DISCURSOS DE RECEPCIÓN (`Reception lectures') -- References -- Language index -- Scholars index -- Subject index -- the Pragmatics & -- Beyond New Series. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910965500403321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub., 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid
| Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxx, 480 p |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Hidalgo DowningRaquel LavidJulia DowningAngela |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Discourse analysis Functionalism (Linguistics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-15288-2
9786612152887 90-272-9223-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454645203321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid
| Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxx, 480 p |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Hidalgo DowningRaquel LavidJulia DowningAngela |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Discourse analysis Functionalism (Linguistics) |
| ISBN |
1-282-15288-2
9786612152887 90-272-9223-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782037803321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid
| Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing / / edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing, Julia Lavid |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | xxx, 480 p |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
ButlerChristopher <1945->
Hidalgo DowningRaquel LavidJulia DowningAngela |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
Grammar, Comparative and general
Discourse analysis Functionalism (Linguistics) |
| ISBN |
9786612152887
9781282152885 1282152882 9789027292230 902729223X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Photograph -- Table of contents -- Contributors -- Editorial introduction -- Publications of Angela Downing -- Grammar as an adaptive evolutionary product -- Towards a cognitive-functional model of text comprehension -- Towards an integrational approachin linguistics -- Expressing past habit in English and Swedish: A corpus-based contrastive study -- Do cognate and circumstantial complements of intransitive verbs form one 'Range'?: A corpus-based discussion -- The unconscious, irresponsible construction in Modern Icelandic -- Modelling 'selection' between referents in the English nominal group. An essay in scientific inquiry in linguistics -- Problems in NP structure: An example from British tabloid journalism -- Double-possessive nominalizations in English -- Pragmatics, word order and cross-reference. Some issues with pronominal clitics in Bulgarian -- Patterns of multiple theme and their role in developing English writing skills -- Interactive solution-problems: A set of structures in general and scientific writing -- The English Contrastive Discourse Marker instead -- Global and local attention in task-oriented conversation: An empirical investigation -- Metadiscursive and interpersonal values of pronominal topics in spoken Spanish -- Phatic communion and small talk in fictional dialogues -- Mister so-called X: Discourse functions and subjectification of so-called -- 'Sorry to muddy the waters': Accounting for speech act formulae and formulaic variation in a systemic functional model of language -- The discourse functionality of adjectival and adverbial epistemic expressions: Evidence from present-day English -- Modality across World Englishes: The modals and semi-modals of prediction and volition -- Name index -- Subject index -- Language index.
The series Studies in Language Companion Series. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910964986603321 |
| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||