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Re-thinking the coordinate-subordinate dichotomy : interpersonal grammar and the analysis of adverbial clauses in English / by Jean-Christophe Verstraete

Author
Verstraete, Jean-Christophe, 1976-
Published
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 321 pages).
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Language Note
English.
Contents
pt. 1. Parameters of interpersonal grammar in the simple clause -- Ch. 1. Modality: Construing a position -- Ch. 2. Speech function: Assigning responsibility -- Ch. 3. Focus and scope: Delineating a domain -- pt. 2. Interpersonal grammar and clause combining -- Ch. 4. Parameters of interpersonal grammar and the analysis of clause combining -- Ch. 5. Combining the parameters: A typology -- Ch. 6. Motivating the typology: Function -- Ch. 7. Motivating the typology: Grammar -- Ch. 8. Motivating the typology: Semantics -- pt. 3. Applications and implications -- Ch. 9. Speaker-related versus SoA-related interpretations -- Ch. 10. Initial and final position -- Ch. 11. Typological outlook.
Summary
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.
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9783110918199 (electronic bk.)
3110918196 (electronic bk.)
9783110199505 (alk. paper)
3110199505 (alk. paper)
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-314) and index.
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