Re-thinking the coordinate-subordinate dichotomy : interpersonal grammar and the analysis of adverbial clauses in English /
This study argues that the domain traditionally covered by 'coordination' and 'subordination' in English can be neatly subdivided into four distinct construction types which differ in the grammatical encoding of speaker-attitude and speaker-interlocutor interaction. The four sema...
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| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; New York :
Mouton de Gruyter,
2007
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| Series: | Topics in English linguistics ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Parameters of interpersonal grammar in the simple clause
- Ch. 1. Modality: Construing a position
- Ch. 2. Speech function: Assigning responsibility
- Ch. 3. Focus and scope: Delineating a domain
- pt. 2. Interpersonal grammar and clause combining
- Ch. 4. Parameters of interpersonal grammar and the analysis of clause combining
- Ch. 5. Combining the parameters: A typology
- Ch. 6. Motivating the typology: Function
- Ch. 7. Motivating the typology: Grammar
- Ch. 8. Motivating the typology: Semantics
- pt. 3. Applications and implications
- Ch. 9. Speaker-related versus SoA-related interpretations
- Ch. 10. Initial and final position
- Ch. 11. Typological outlook.
