Rethinking the Coordinate-Subordinate Dichotomy : : Interpersonal Grammar and the Analysis of Adverbial Clauses in English / / Jean-Christophe Verstraete.

This study argues that the domain traditionally covered by 'coordination' and 'subordination' in English can be subdivided into four distinct construction types. The constructions are defined on the basis of differences in their 'interpersonal' structure, i.e. the gramm...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2011]
©2007
Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
Series:Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] , 55
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Physical Description:1 online resource (321 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • i-iv
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Parameters of interpersonal grammar in the simple clause
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • Chapter 1. Modality: Construing a position
  • Chapter 2. Speech Function: Assigning responsibility
  • Chapter 3. Focus and scope: Delineating a domain
  • Part 2. Interpersonal grammar and clause combining
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • Chapter 4. Parameters of interpersonal grammar and the analysis of clause combining
  • Chapter 5. Combining the parameters: A typology
  • Chapter 6. Motivating the typology: Function
  • Chapter 7. Motivating the typology: Grammar
  • Chapter 8. Motivating the typology: Semantics
  • Part 3. Applications and implications
  • Introduction to Part 3
  • Chapter 9. Speaker-related versus SoA-related interpretations
  • Chapter 10. Initial and final position
  • Chapter 11. Typological outlook
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Subject index
  • Author index