Subjects in English : : From Valency Grammar to a Constructionist Treatment of Non-Canonical Subjects / / Peter Uhrig.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Uhrig, Peter,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 321
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 349 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Abbreviations, symbols and frequently used labels --; List of Figures --; List of Tables --; 1. Introduction --; 2. Theory --; 3. Methodological Considerations --; 4. Clausal Subjects in active clauses --; 5. Analysis of subjects in passive clauses --; 6. Analysis of subjects in copular clauses --; 7. Extraposition --; 8. Existentials --; 9. Conclusions and perspectives for syntactic models --; References --; Index --; Appendices
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110589801; 9783110762488; 9783110719550; 9783110742978; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110604078; 9783110603170
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110589801
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Peter Uhrig.

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.