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Subjects in English : from valency grammar to a constructionist treatment of non-canonical subjects /

"The purpose of the book is twofold. First it tries to give a descriptive account of subjects in English. The second aim is to elucidate the status of the subject both as a concept in grammatical theory and with regard to the question whether the subject is determined by item-specific arbitrary...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Uhrig, Peter (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2018]
Colección:Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 321.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"The purpose of the book is twofold. First it tries to give a descriptive account of subjects in English. The second aim is to elucidate the status of the subject both as a concept in grammatical theory and with regard to the question whether the subject is determined by item-specific arbitrary formal restrictions in the same way as postverbal complements of the verb have been shown to be."--Page 4 of cover
Notas:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral--Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2013) under the title: Aspects of English subjects - a valency-based analysis of item-specificity with a focus on clausal subjects.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xx, 349 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-343) and index.
ISBN:9783110589818
3110589818
9783110589801
9783110587289
3110587289
311058980X
ISSN:1861-4302 ;