The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner
| The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner |
| Autore | Birner Betty J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.41 |
| Collana | Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
English language - Discourse analysis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-82096-7
1-136-75397-4 1-136-75398-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Half Title; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Methodology; 1.2 Coding factors; 1.3 Organization; 1.4 Notational conventions; 2 Definition and Preliminary Taxonomy; 2.1 Definition and terms; 2.2 Related constructions; 2.2.1 Preposing; 2.2.2 Subject-auxiliary inversion; 2.2.3 Quotation inversion; 2.2.4 There-insertion; 2.3 Inversion types; 2.3.1 PP inversion; 2.3.2 VP inversion; 2.3.3 AdjP inversion; 2.3.4 NP inversion; 2.3.5 AdvP inversion; 2.4 Summary; 3 Previous Analyses; 3.1 Root transformations and inversion
3.2 Focus-based accounts3.3 Other accounts; 3.3.1 Green 1980; 3.3.2 Hartvigson and Jakobsen 1974; 3.3.3 Penhallurick 1984; 3.4 Summary; 4 The Function of Inversion; 4.1 Theoretical background; 4.2 Analysis of the corpus; 4.3 Results and discussion; 4.4 Inferrables; 4.5 Containing inferrables; 4.6 Definiteness; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Verbs and Related Issues; 5.1 The characteristics of BI and NBI; 5.2 The verbs of inversion; 5.3 Inversion and open propositions; 5.4 Intonation; 5.4.1 Preposed constituent; 5.4.2 Postposed constituent; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Summary and Conclusions 6.1 Implications for future researchAppendix: Coding Factors and Results; Notes; Sources for Tokens; References; Index |
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The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner
| The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner |
| Autore | Birner Betty J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.41 |
| Collana | Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
English language - Discourse analysis |
| ISBN |
0-203-82096-7
1-136-75397-4 1-136-75398-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Half Title; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Methodology; 1.2 Coding factors; 1.3 Organization; 1.4 Notational conventions; 2 Definition and Preliminary Taxonomy; 2.1 Definition and terms; 2.2 Related constructions; 2.2.1 Preposing; 2.2.2 Subject-auxiliary inversion; 2.2.3 Quotation inversion; 2.2.4 There-insertion; 2.3 Inversion types; 2.3.1 PP inversion; 2.3.2 VP inversion; 2.3.3 AdjP inversion; 2.3.4 NP inversion; 2.3.5 AdvP inversion; 2.4 Summary; 3 Previous Analyses; 3.1 Root transformations and inversion
3.2 Focus-based accounts3.3 Other accounts; 3.3.1 Green 1980; 3.3.2 Hartvigson and Jakobsen 1974; 3.3.3 Penhallurick 1984; 3.4 Summary; 4 The Function of Inversion; 4.1 Theoretical background; 4.2 Analysis of the corpus; 4.3 Results and discussion; 4.4 Inferrables; 4.5 Containing inferrables; 4.6 Definiteness; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Verbs and Related Issues; 5.1 The characteristics of BI and NBI; 5.2 The verbs of inversion; 5.3 Inversion and open propositions; 5.4 Intonation; 5.4.1 Preposed constituent; 5.4.2 Postposed constituent; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Summary and Conclusions 6.1 Implications for future researchAppendix: Coding Factors and Results; Notes; Sources for Tokens; References; Index |
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The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner
| The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner |
| Autore | Birner Betty J. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.41 |
| Collana | Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
English language - Discourse analysis |
| ISBN |
0-203-82096-7
1-136-75397-4 1-136-75398-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Half Title; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Methodology; 1.2 Coding factors; 1.3 Organization; 1.4 Notational conventions; 2 Definition and Preliminary Taxonomy; 2.1 Definition and terms; 2.2 Related constructions; 2.2.1 Preposing; 2.2.2 Subject-auxiliary inversion; 2.2.3 Quotation inversion; 2.2.4 There-insertion; 2.3 Inversion types; 2.3.1 PP inversion; 2.3.2 VP inversion; 2.3.3 AdjP inversion; 2.3.4 NP inversion; 2.3.5 AdvP inversion; 2.4 Summary; 3 Previous Analyses; 3.1 Root transformations and inversion
3.2 Focus-based accounts3.3 Other accounts; 3.3.1 Green 1980; 3.3.2 Hartvigson and Jakobsen 1974; 3.3.3 Penhallurick 1984; 3.4 Summary; 4 The Function of Inversion; 4.1 Theoretical background; 4.2 Analysis of the corpus; 4.3 Results and discussion; 4.4 Inferrables; 4.5 Containing inferrables; 4.6 Definiteness; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Verbs and Related Issues; 5.1 The characteristics of BI and NBI; 5.2 The verbs of inversion; 5.3 Inversion and open propositions; 5.4 Intonation; 5.4.1 Preposed constituent; 5.4.2 Postposed constituent; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Summary and Conclusions 6.1 Implications for future researchAppendix: Coding Factors and Results; Notes; Sources for Tokens; References; Index |
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The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner
| The discourse function of inversion in English / / Betty J. Birner |
| Autore | Birner Betty J. |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.41 |
| Collana | Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
English language - Discourse analysis |
| ISBN |
0-203-82096-7
1-136-75397-4 1-136-75398-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Half Title; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Methodology; 1.2 Coding factors; 1.3 Organization; 1.4 Notational conventions; 2 Definition and Preliminary Taxonomy; 2.1 Definition and terms; 2.2 Related constructions; 2.2.1 Preposing; 2.2.2 Subject-auxiliary inversion; 2.2.3 Quotation inversion; 2.2.4 There-insertion; 2.3 Inversion types; 2.3.1 PP inversion; 2.3.2 VP inversion; 2.3.3 AdjP inversion; 2.3.4 NP inversion; 2.3.5 AdvP inversion; 2.4 Summary; 3 Previous Analyses; 3.1 Root transformations and inversion
3.2 Focus-based accounts3.3 Other accounts; 3.3.1 Green 1980; 3.3.2 Hartvigson and Jakobsen 1974; 3.3.3 Penhallurick 1984; 3.4 Summary; 4 The Function of Inversion; 4.1 Theoretical background; 4.2 Analysis of the corpus; 4.3 Results and discussion; 4.4 Inferrables; 4.5 Containing inferrables; 4.6 Definiteness; 4.7 Conclusions; 5 Verbs and Related Issues; 5.1 The characteristics of BI and NBI; 5.2 The verbs of inversion; 5.3 Inversion and open propositions; 5.4 Intonation; 5.4.1 Preposed constituent; 5.4.2 Postposed constituent; 5.5 Conclusions; 6 Summary and Conclusions 6.1 Implications for future researchAppendix: Coding Factors and Results; Notes; Sources for Tokens; References; Index |
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Birner Betty J.
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| New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
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English inversion : a ground-before-figure construction / / by Rong Chen
| English inversion : a ground-before-figure construction / / by Rong Chen |
| Autore | Chen Rong <1955-> |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 pages) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Collana | Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-089510-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Preliminaries -- Chapter 2: Inversion as GbF instantiation -- Chapter 3: Syntactic constraints -- Chapter 4: Inversion in discourse -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources of examples -- Subject index -- Author index -- Cognitive Linguistics Research |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464103903321 |
Chen Rong <1955->
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| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English inversion : a ground-before-figure construction / / by Rong Chen
| English inversion : a ground-before-figure construction / / by Rong Chen |
| Autore | Chen Rong <1955-> |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 pages) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Collana | Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order |
| ISBN | 3-11-089510-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Preliminaries -- Chapter 2: Inversion as GbF instantiation -- Chapter 3: Syntactic constraints -- Chapter 4: Inversion in discourse -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources of examples -- Subject index -- Author index -- Cognitive Linguistics Research |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788707703321 |
Chen Rong <1955->
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| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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English inversion : a ground-before-figure construction / / by Rong Chen
| English inversion : a ground-before-figure construction / / by Rong Chen |
| Autore | Chen Rong <1955-> |
| Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (348 pages) |
| Disciplina | 425 |
| Collana | Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
Grammar, Comparative and general - Word order |
| ISBN | 3-11-089510-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Preliminaries -- Chapter 2: Inversion as GbF instantiation -- Chapter 3: Syntactic constraints -- Chapter 4: Inversion in discourse -- Chapter 5: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Sources of examples -- Subject index -- Author index -- Cognitive Linguistics Research |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816765603321 |
Chen Rong <1955->
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| Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 2003 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The English it-cleft [[electronic resource] ] : a constructional account and a diachronic investigation / / by Amanda L. Patten
| The English it-cleft [[electronic resource] ] : a constructional account and a diachronic investigation / / by Amanda L. Patten |
| Autore | Patten Amanda L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Collana |
Topics in English linguistics
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] |
| Soggetto topico |
It (The English word)
English language - Word order English language - Syntax |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 3-11-027952-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction and background -- Chapter 2. A model of language structure and language change -- Chapter 3. Specificational copular constructions -- Chapter 4. It-clefts as specificational copular sentences -- Chapter 5. Other varieties of it-cleft -- Chapter 6. The it-cleft and earlier periods of English -- Chapter 7. The it-cleft's development over time -- Chapter 8. The it-cleft and constructional change -- Chapter 9. Conclusions -- Corpora and data sources -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463329003321 |
Patten Amanda L
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| Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The English it-cleft [[electronic resource] ] : a constructional account and a diachronic investigation / / by Amanda L. Patten
| The English it-cleft [[electronic resource] ] : a constructional account and a diachronic investigation / / by Amanda L. Patten |
| Autore | Patten Amanda L |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (279 p.) |
| Disciplina | 415 |
| Collana |
Topics in English linguistics
Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] |
| Soggetto topico |
It (The English word)
English language - Word order English language - Syntax |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Construction Grammar
English Linguistics Historical Linguistics It-Cleft Specificational Sentences |
| ISBN | 3-11-027952-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1. Introduction and background -- Chapter 2. A model of language structure and language change -- Chapter 3. Specificational copular constructions -- Chapter 4. It-clefts as specificational copular sentences -- Chapter 5. Other varieties of it-cleft -- Chapter 6. The it-cleft and earlier periods of English -- Chapter 7. The it-cleft's development over time -- Chapter 8. The it-cleft and constructional change -- Chapter 9. Conclusions -- Corpora and data sources -- References -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786123403321 |
Patten Amanda L
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| Berlin ; ; Boston, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Information status and noncanonical word order in English [[electronic resource] /] / Betty J. Birner, Gregory Ward
| Information status and noncanonical word order in English [[electronic resource] /] / Betty J. Birner, Gregory Ward |
| Autore | Birner Betty J |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
| Disciplina | 401/.41 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | WardGregory L |
| Collana | Studies in language companion series |
| Soggetto topico |
English language - Word order
English language - Discourse analysis |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-28033-7
9786613280336 90-272-8190-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Preposing; 3 Postposing; 4 Argument Reversal; 5 Noncanonical Word Order and Discourse Structure; 6 Extensions and Implications; Appendix; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461431703321 |
Birner Betty J
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| Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, Pa., : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1998 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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