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Adjunct adverbials in English /

In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginnin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hasselgård, Hilde
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Colección:Studies in English language.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A framework for analysing adverbials. Studying adjunct adverbials ; The classification of adverbials ; Some syntactic features of adverbial placement
  • Adverbial positions : theme, cohesion and information dynamics. Initial position ; Medical position ; End position ; The cleft focus position ; Combinations of positions
  • Semantic types of adverbials : subtypes, frequencies and usage. Space and time adjuncts ; Adjuncts of manner and contingency ; Other adjunct types : participant, respect, focus, degree, situation, comparison and viewpoint
  • Adjunct adverbials in English. Adverbial usage across text types ; The grammar of English adjuncts : summary of findings and concluding remarks.