Subjects in English : from valency grammar to a constructionist treatment of non-canonical subjects /
"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...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton,
[2018]
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| Series: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
321. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1874560 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Theory
- Methodological considerations
- Clausal subjects in active clauses
- Analysis of subjects in passive clauses
- Analysis of subjects in copular clauses
- Extraposition
- Existentials
- Conclusions and perspectives for syntactic models.