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Copular clauses : specification, predication and equation /

This book is concerned with a class of copular clauses known as specificational clauses, and its relation to other kinds of copular structures, predicational and equative clauses in particular. Based on evidence from Danish and English, I argue that specificational clauses involve the same core pred...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mikkelsen, Line
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins, 2005.
Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 85.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Copular Clauses; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION; Part I. STRUCTURE; 2. PREDICATE TOPICALIZATION; 3. ALTERNATIVE STRUCTURES FOR SPECIFICATIONAL CLAUSES; Part II. MEANING; 4. DECOMPOSING COPULAR CLAUSES; 5. DETERMINING THE SUBJECT TYPE; 6. THE TYPE OF THE PREDICATE COMPLEMENT; 7. CONSEQUENCES AND EXTENSIONS; Part III. USE; 8. ASPECTS OF USE; 9. AN INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; 10. CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today.