Functional constraints in grammar : on the unergative-unaccusative distinction /
This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One's) Way Construction...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
2004.
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| Series: | Constructional approaches to language ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One's) Way Construction, Cognate Object Construction, Pseudo-Passive Construction, and Extraposition from Subject NPs. It has been argued in the frameworks of Chomskyan generative grammar, relational grammar, conceptual semantics and other syntactic theories that the acceptability of sentences in these constructions can be acc. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 1423761294 9781423761297 9027295212 9789027295217 9789027218216 9027218218 9781588115553 1588115550 9786612254383 6612254386 1282254383 9781282254381 |
| ISSN: | 1573-594X ; |
