English Grammar : a function-based introduction. Volume II.

The approach to language and grammar that motivates this book is unabashedly functional; grammar is not just a system of empty rules, it is a means to an end, an instrument for constructing concise coherent communication. In grammar as in music, good expression rides on good form. Figuratively and l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Givón, T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1993.
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English language > Grammar.
English language > Grammar
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • ENGLISH GRAMMAR A FUNCTION-BASED INTRODUCTION Volume II; Title page; Copyright page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; 7. VERBAL COMPLEMENTS; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. THE SEMANTICS OF EVENT INTEGRATION; 7.2.1. Preamble; 7.2.2. Sub-dimensions of event integration; 7.2.2.1. Semantic and syntactic definitions: manipulation and P-C-U verbs; 7.2.2.2. Implicativity, co-temporality and control; 7.2.2.3. Intent, control and agentivity; 7.2.2.4. Control and temporal contiguity; 7.2.2.5. Direct contact and spatio-temporal contiguity; 7.2.2.6. Resistance, coercive effort and independence.
  • 7.2.2.7. Event integration vs. causation7.2.2.8. Referential cohesion and event integration; 7.2.2.9, Authority and verbal manipulation; 7.2.3. From manipulation to preference to epistemics; 7.2.4. Tense agreement and integrated perspective; 7.2.5. From indirect to direct quote: The de-coupling of point-of-view; 7.2.6. Summary; 7.3. THE SYNTAX OF CLAUSE INTEGRATION; 7.3.1. Preamble; 7.3.2. Verb adjacency or co-lexicalization; 7.3.3. Case-marking of the complement-clause subject; 7.3.4. Verb morphology: Degree of finiteness; 7.3.5. Physical separation: Subordinators and pause.
  • 7.4. MODALITY VERBS7.4.1. Definition of modality verbs; 7.4.2. Semantic dimensions; 7.4.2.1. Referential cohesion and event integration; 7.4.2.2. Implicativity; 7.4.2.3. Strength of intent; 7.4.2.4. How-to complements; 7.4.2.5. From self-directed intent to other-directed preference; 7.5. FOR-TO COMPLEMENTS; 7.6. CONDITIONAL COMPLEMENTS; 7.7. WH-COMPLEMENTS; 7.8. POST-POSED P-C-U VERBS; 7.9. NON-VERBAL PREDICATES WITH VERBAL COMPLEMENTS; NOTES; 8. VOICE AND DE-TRANSITIVIZATION; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. FUNCTIONAL DIMENSIONS OF VOICE; 8.2.1. The semantics of transitivity.
  • 8.2.2. The pragmatics of voice8.2.2.1. Perspective and topicality; 8.2.2.2. Active voice; 8.2.2.3. Passive voice; 8.2.2.4. Antipassive voice; 8.2.3. Demotion, promotion and resulting state; 8.2.3.1. Agent demotion; 8.2.3.2. Promotion of a non-agent; 8.2.3.3. Verb stativization; 8.3. THE FREQUENCY-DISTRIBUTION OF VOICE IN TEXT; 8.4. THE SYNTAX OF DE-TRANSITIVE CLAUSES; 8.4.1. Syntactic coding devices; 8.4.2. Promotional vs. non-promotional de-transitives; 8.4.3. Case-role restrictions in de-transitivization; 8.4.3.1. Case-role restrictions.
  • 8.4.3.2. Understanding promotional passives: Semantic vs. pragmatic case-marking8.4.3.3. Exceptions that reaffirm the rule; 8.5. OTHER DE-TRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTIONS; 8.5.1. Preamble; 8.5.2. The GET-passive; 8.5.2.1. Historical development; 8.5.2.2. Agentivity, intent and control; 8.5.2.3. Human patient-subject; 8.5.2.4. Involvement and adversity; 8.5.2.5. Register and social class; 8.5.3. Impersonal-subject clauses; 8.5.3.1. Non-referring subject pronouns; 8.5.3.2. Pragmatic demotion and promotion; 8.5.3.3. Intent and control; 8.5.3.4. Semantically-active status.

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