English Inversion
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Inversion In Modern English
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Author : Heidrun Dorgeloh
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 1997-01-01
Inversion In Modern English written by Heidrun Dorgeloh and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The book offers a comprehensive study of the different forms of subject-verb and subject-auxiliary-inversion in Modern English declarative sentences. It treats inversion as a speaker-based decision for reordering within a fairly rigid word order system and identifies the meaning of the construction in terms of point of view and speaker subjectivity. This semantic claim is tested against the occurrence, as well as the absence, of the different forms of inversion in natural discourse. The analysis of the pragmatics and discourse function of inversion is based on the LOB and the Brown corpus and takes into account various textual relations: British and American English, written mode, style, text type, genre. The results suggest a strong affinity with the greater or lesser subjectivity of a text: the construction is a marker of interpersonal meaning. Provided the context is one of relative unexpectedness, it additionally becomes a discourse marker, which points to the limited value of quantitative corpus data in functional syntax.
The Teacher S Grammar Of English With Answers
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Author : Ron Cowan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2008-05-26
The Teacher S Grammar Of English With Answers written by Ron Cowan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-05-26 with Foreign Language Study categories.
"The Teacher's grammar of English enables English language teachers and teachers-in-training to fully understand and effectively teach English grammar. With comprehensive presentation of form, meaning, and usage, along with practical exercises and advice on teaaching difficult structures, it is both a complete grammar course and an essential reference text."--Back cover.
English Inversion
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Author : Rong Chen
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2013-03-01
English Inversion written by Rong Chen and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The book provides an account of English inversion, a construction that displays perplexing idiosyncrasies at the level of semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. Basing his central argument on the claim that inversion is a linguistic representation of a Ground-before-Figure model, the author develops an elegant solution to a hitherto unsolved multidimensional linguistic puzzle and, in the process, supports the theoretical position that a cognitive approach best suits the multidimensionality of language itself. Engagingly written, the book will appeal to linguists of all persuasions and to any reader curious about the relationship between language and cognition.
American English
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Author : Zoltan Kovecses
language : en
Publisher: Broadview Press
Release Date : 2000-09-26
American English written by Zoltan Kovecses and has been published by Broadview Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09-26 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book is a cultural-historical (rather than purely linguistic) introduction to American English. The first part consists of a general account of variation in American English. It offers concise but comprehensive coverage of such topics as the history of American English; regional, social and ethnic variation; variation in style (including slang); and British and American differences. The second part of the book puts forward an account of how American English has developed into a dominant variety of the English language. It focuses on the ways in which intellectual traditions such as puritanism and republicanism, in shaping the American world view, have also contributed to the distinctiveness of American English.
The Anglo Norman Language And Its Contexts
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Author : Richard Ingham
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 2010
The Anglo Norman Language And Its Contexts written by Richard Ingham and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Collection examining the Anglo-Norman language in a variety of texts and contexts, in military, legal, literary and other forms.
Connectives In The History Of English
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Author : Ursula Lenker
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2007-07-13
Connectives In The History Of English written by Ursula Lenker and has been published by John Benjamins Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-13 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Clausal connection is one of the key building blocks of language and thus a field where a wide range of syntactic, semantic, pragmatic and cognitive phenomena meet. The availability of large databases as well as considerable advances in corpus-linguistic methods have strengthened the interest in the history of features linking clauses or larger chunks of text. The papers in this volume combine a thorough corpus-based analysis of the history of individual connectives, their co-occurrence patterns, and patterns of variation and change from both intra- and inter-systemic perspectives with a variety of methodological tools, ranging from sophisticated methods of grammatical analysis to pragmatics, text linguistics and discourse analysis. Drawing on quantitatively and qualitatively improved data, the studies reconstruct the history of a wide range of connectives in English from various new theoretical perspectives.
Sexual Inversion
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Author : Havelock Ellis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Sexual Inversion written by Havelock Ellis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Homosexuality categories.
Theory And Experiment In Syntax
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Author : Grant Goodall
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-12-30
Theory And Experiment In Syntax written by Grant Goodall and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-30 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book reflects on key questions of enduring interest on the nature of syntax, bringing together Grant Goodall’s previous publications and new work exploring how syntactic representations are structured and the affordances of experimental techniques in studying them. The volume sheds light on central issues in the theory of syntax while also elucidating the methods of data collection which inform them. Featuring Goodall’s previous studies of linguistic phenomena in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and complemented by a new introduction and material specific to this volume, the book is divided into four sections around fundamental strands of syntactic theory. The four parts explore the dimensionality of syntactic representations; the relationship between syntactic structure and predicate-argument structure; interactions between subjects and wh-phrases in questions; and more detailed investigations of wh-dependencies but from a more overtly experimental perspective. Taken together, the volume reinforces the connections between these different aspects of syntax by highlighting their respective roles in defining what syntactic objects look like and how the grammar operates on them. This book will be a valuable resource for scholars in linguistics, particularly those with an interest in syntax, psycholinguistics, and Romance linguistics.
Historical Syntax
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Author : Jacek Fisiak
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Release Date : 2010-11-05
Historical Syntax written by Jacek Fisiak and has been published by Walter de Gruyter this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-05 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
An Introduction To Pidgins And Creoles
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Author : John Holm
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000
An Introduction To Pidgins And Creoles written by John Holm and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Foreign Language Study categories.
A clear and concise introduction to the study of how new languages come into being.