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The expressivity of grammar : grammatical devices expressing emotion across time /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hübler, Axel
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998.
Colección:Topics in English linguistics ; 25.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Communication, emotions and expressivity
  • 1.1. Aim and scope
  • 1.2. Contextualizations
  • 1.3. Leading concepts
  • Chapter 2. The so-called possessive dative
  • 2.1. Plan of discussion
  • 2.2. Introduction
  • 2.3. Dative and possession
  • 2.4. Meaning surplus
  • 2.5. Synopsis
  • Chapter 3 The ethic dative
  • 3.1. Plan of discussion
  • 3.2. The state of the art
  • 3.3. The ethic dative as speakerâ€?s attachment
  • 3.4. Ethic dative versus benefactive dative?
  • 3.5. Synopsis
  • Chapter 4. The expanded form
  • 4.1. Plan of discussion
  • 4.2. The Modern English form and its function4.3. The expanded form in early usage: Bedeâ€?s Ecclesiastical History
  • 4.4. Challenge and reconciliation
  • 4.5. Glancing at Modern English anew
  • 4.6. Synopsis
  • Chapter 5. The present perfect
  • 5.1. Plan of discussion
  • 5.2. Orientation marks
  • 5.3. Against tense-based views
  • 5.4. Toward a non-temporal view of the present perfect
  • 5.5. Time frames
  • 5.6. The use of the present perfect in the history of English
  • 5.7. Synopsis
  • Chapter 6. The periphrastic do
  • 6.1. Plan of discussion
  • 6.2. Introduction6.3. The do-periphrasis in affirmative statements
  • 6.4. The do-periphrasis in negations and questions
  • 6.5. Case study: A Supplicacyon for the Beggers
  • 6.6. The development of the do-periphrasis toward present-day English usage
  • 6.7. Synopsis
  • Chapter 7. The get-passive
  • 7.1. Plan of discussion
  • 7.2. Main-stream concepts and alternatives
  • 7.3. Whatâ€?s passive about get + V-ed?
  • 7.4. Instrumental condition of the get-passive
  • 7.5. Propositional condition of the get-passive
  • 7.6. Attachment
  • 7.7. Case study: S. Terkel, Working. People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do7.8. Synopsis
  • Chapter 8. Putting the results in perspective: Grammar and the Self
  • 8.1. The major results
  • 8.2. Subjectification
  • 8.3. A cultural-historical frame
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index of authors
  • Index of subjects