Re-thinking the coordinate-subordinate dichotomy: interpersonal grammar and the analysis of adverbial clauses in English
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Main Author: Verstraete, Jean-Christophe 1976- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin Mouton de Gruyter 2007
Series:Topics in English linguistics 55
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Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index
This study argues that the domain traditionally covered by 'coordination' and 'subordination' in English can be neatly subdivided into four distinct construction types which differ in the grammatical encoding of speaker-attitude and speaker-interlocutor interaction. The four semantically, syntactically and pragmatically coherent construction types make sense of the many conflicting criteria proposed in the literature to distinguish subordinate constructions from coordinate ones
Physical Description:xv, 321 pages
ISBN:9783110918199
3110918196
9783110199505
3110199505

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