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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2018]
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Colección: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
321. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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 |
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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 ; |