Three Participant Constructions In English
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Three Participant Constructions In English
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Author : An Laffut
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Three Participant Constructions In English written by An Laffut 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 2006-01-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This study aims to give a systematic and comprehensive description of the constructions involved in three important types of alternation: the locative alternation, which is by far the most researched of the three, the image impression alternation and the material/product alternation. The author looks at the constructions as part of alternation, but also looks beyond the alternations, and analyzes and describes the constructions in their own right. They are analyzed as three-participant constructions with relational complements, construing causation of the three main subtypes of relations, namely intensive, circumstantial and possessive relations. Particular attention is paid to the concept of holicity, to the status of the prepositional phrase, and to collocational properties, which play a key role in the decision as to which alternate should be regarded as the unmarked one within its construction paradigm. The approach taken is inspired by systemic functional grammar and can broadly be characterized as cognitive-functional.
Linguistic Perspectives On English Grammar
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Author : Martin J. Endley
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2010-12-01
Linguistic Perspectives On English Grammar written by Martin J. Endley and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The proposed book is best described as a linguistically oriented textbook taking the grammar of English as its subject matter. It is directed to professional teachers of English (ESL and EFL) and their students, as well as those currently training to become teachers of English. The book is also likely to be of interest to interpreters, translators and other English language professionals. It will explore selected aspects and problem areas of English from a broadly “functional” linguistic perspective. My experience as a teacher and teacher trainer has shown me that this perspective has the potential to inspire teachers and students with a genuine enthusiasm for the grammatical features of English and that it often enables them to “make sense” of the grammar in a way that all too often other approaches signally fail to do. An important focus of the book is on understanding grammar as a series of conventionalized patterns rather than a set of rules (which is how grammar has traditionally been presented). Moreover, unlike many other grammar books, this book emphasizes how the grammatical constructions under consideration are employed in various types of communicative situation, attention being given to the importance of discourse context in interpreting the target forms. In line with contemporary linguists generally, the approach adopted is descriptive rather than prescriptive. While the main focus is on English, I offer occasional comments on how the issue under discussion is expressed in languages other than English. Apart from the inherent interest which I hope such comparisons may have for the reader, I take the view that these can be helpful in casting further light on the grammar of English.
Interfaces With English Aspect
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Author : Debra Ziegeler
language : en
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Release Date : 2006-11-22
Interfaces With English Aspect written by Debra Ziegeler 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 2006-11-22 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
The field of verbal aspect has been a focus for the derivation of a multiplicity of theoretical approaches ranging over decades of linguistic research. From the point of view of recent studies, though, there has been relatively little emphasis on the nature of the interaction of aspect with other categories, and the ways in which our knowledge of aspect acts as a primary semantic contributor to the creation of other basic verbal parameters such as tense and modality. This book aims to cross some of the categorial borders, using a collection of studies on the interfaces of English aspect with other grammatical domains. The studies in the book have been assembled in order to answer two central issues surrounding the nature of English aspect: the possibility of the historical co-existence of a perfective and imperfective grammatical distinction in English, and the derivation of modality as an inference arising out of specific conflicts and combinations of lexical and grammatical aspect. In answering these questions, a data-driven, rather than a theory-driven approach is favoured, and the general principles of Gricean pragmatics and grammaticalisation are applied to a wide range of empirical sources to propose alternative explanations to some long-established problems of English historical linguistics and semantics.
English Mediopassive Constructions
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Author : Marianne Hundt
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-07-14
English Mediopassive Constructions written by Marianne Hundt and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-14 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This book provides the first empirical study of the history and spread of mediopassive constructions. It investigates the productivity of the pattern, the spread of the construction in Modern English, and looks into text type-specific preferences for the construction. On a more abstract level, it combines the corpus-based description of mediopassive constructions with cognitive linguistic models, drawing largely on notions such as ‘prototype’, ‘family resemblances’, ‘patch’ and ‘construction’. The theoretical modelling is largely based on data from real texts. These come from publicly available machine-readable corpora, text-databases and a single-register ‘corpus’ (American mail-order catalogues). The study combines the corpus-based approach with cognitive theories and is therefore of interest to both empirical and theoretical linguists.
Transnational Research In English Language Teaching
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Author : Rashi Jain
language : en
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Release Date : 2022-07-15
Transnational Research In English Language Teaching written by Rashi Jain and has been published by Channel View Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-07-15 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
This edited volume contributes to the creation of a comprehensive and a more inclusive understanding of an increasingly complex global ELT landscape across countries as well as across teaching and learning settings. The volume brings together inquiries from language teachers, educators and researchers from different backgrounds in the Global South and the Global North, who use their experiences of shuttling across borders to reflect on the shaping of their pedagogical, research and professional practices across higher education settings. The chapters weave the personal, professional and theoretical in a seamless manner, examining transnational identities and pedagogical practices formed and informed by both communities – ‘home’ and ‘host’ – and include narratives that are not unidirectional. The contributing authors also use a variety of qualitative research methods, along with reflexive writing and exploration of the authors’ own positionalities, to shed light on transnational identities and critique dominant pedagogical assumptions.
Proceedings From The Third Nordic Conference For English Studies
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Author : Ishrat Lindblad
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Proceedings From The Third Nordic Conference For English Studies written by Ishrat Lindblad and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with English literature categories.
Proceedings From The Third Nordic Conference For English Studies H Sselby Sept 25 27 1986
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Author : Ishrat Lindblad
language : en
Publisher: Coronet Books
Release Date : 1987
Proceedings From The Third Nordic Conference For English Studies H Sselby Sept 25 27 1986 written by Ishrat Lindblad and has been published by Coronet Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with Foreign Language Study categories.
Introducing English Grammar
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Author : David J. Young
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-03-01
Introducing English Grammar written by David J. Young and has been published by Routledge 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.
Introducing English Grammar provides a basic grounding in English grammar, without going into too much detail or theory, and will lay the foundation for further grammatical studies. David Young presents English grammar in a coherent and lively way. He dispels the popular notion among students that grammar is simply a set of dreary rules and argues for the importance of grammar in describing the structure and function of language itself. Exercises are provided at the end of each chapter and the book includes integrated diagrams and a glossary of technical terms at the back of the book.
American Book Publishing Record
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
American Book Publishing Record written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with American literature categories.
Linguistics
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Linguistics written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Linguistics categories.