Constructional approaches to English grammar
edited by Graeme Trousdale, Nikolas Gisborne.
Bok Engelsk 2008 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Berlin ; New York : : Mouton de Gruyter, , c2008.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (320 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front matter; Contents; Constructional approaches to language-particular description; Gerunds, categories and constructions; Approaches to the English gerund; Constructions in grammaticalization and lexicalization: Evidence from the history of a composite predicate construction in English; Corpus approaches to constructions; English relative clauses and Construction Grammar: A topic which preposition placement can shed light on?; Shall and shan't in contemporary English - a case of functional condensation; Constraints on the attributive use of "predicative-only"adjectives: A reassessment. - Constructions and lexical approaches Antitransitivity and constructionality; Dependencies are constructions: A case study in predicative complementation; Word Grammar and Construction Grammar; Back matter. - The book presents a series of new perspectives on patterns and developments in English grammar from a constructional perspective.The articles are authored by new and emerging experts in English grammar, who provide a critical assessment of the role of constructions in key areas of grammatical theory, from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives.
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| ISBN | 9783110196269
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