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Author Hasselgård, Hilde.

Title Adjunct adverbials in English / Hilde Hasselgård
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 320 pages) : illustrations
Series Studies in English language
Studies in English language.
Contents A framework for analysing adverbials. Studying adjunct adverbials ; The classification of adverbials ; Some syntactic features of adverbial placement -- Adverbial positions : theme, cohesion and information dynamics. Initial position ; Medical position ; End position ; The cleft focus position ; Combinations of positions -- Semantic types of adverbials : subtypes, frequencies and usage. Space and time adjuncts ; Adjuncts of manner and contingency ; Other adjunct types : participant, respect, focus, degree, situation, comparison and viewpoint -- Adjunct adverbials in English. Adverbial usage across text types ; The grammar of English adjuncts : summary of findings and concluding remarks
Summary In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence. The description of the frequency of meaning types and discussion of the reasons for selecting positions show that the use of adverbials differs across text types. Adverbial usage is often linked to the general build-up of a text and part of its content and purpose. In using real texts, Hasselgård identifies a challenge for the classification of adjuncts, and also highlights that some adjuncts have uses that extend into the textual and interpersonal domains, obscuring the traditional divisions between adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-314) and index
Subject English language -- Adverbials.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
English language -- Adverbials
Adjunkt Linguistik
Adverbiale
Englisch.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780511677137
0511677138
9780511676253
0511676255
9781107649347
110764934X