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Author Haumann, Dagmar

Title Adverb licensing and clause structure in English / Dagmar Haumann
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 435 pages) : illustrations
Series Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today, 0166-0829 ; v. 105
Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 105.
Contents Adverb Licensing and Clause Structure in English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; 1. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW; 2. PROPOSALS REGARDING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION AND LICENSING OF ADVERBS; 3. ADVERBS WITHIN THE LEXICAL LAYER; 4. ADVERBS WITHIN THE INFLECTIONAL LAYER, MOSTLY; 5. ADVERBS WITHIN THE COMPLEMENTIZER LAYER, MOSTLY; 6. GENERAL CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX; The series Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today
Summary This monograph provides an in-depth investigation of the structural integration and the licensing of adverbs in relation to clause structure, with special emphasis on the structural implementation of the relation between the position and interpretation of adverbs. The book substantiates the hypothesis that the licensing of adverbs within and across the three layers of the clause is contingent on specifier-head agreement and that variation in the linear order of adverbs and other elements of the clause follows from the interplay of a small number of factors. The central claims made are: functio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 414-431) and index
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Subject English language -- Adverb.
English language -- Clauses.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
English language -- Adverb
English language -- Clauses
Grammatica.
Englische Sprache -- Adverb.
Englische Sprache -- Syntax.
Adverb -- Englisch.
Satz (Linguistik) -- Englisch.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027292902
9027292906