Subjects in English : : From Valency Grammar to a Constructionist Treatment of Non-Canonical Subjects / / 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 forma...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ,
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XX, 349 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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