Non-Finiteness: A Process-Relation Perspective

ISBN-13: 9781316513415 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 252 str.

China) Yang Bingjun (Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Opis

Presents a 'process relation framework' to explain the more complex, previously unaccounted for cases of non-finiteness in clause structure.

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Non-finiteness in the literature; 3. Theoretical foundation; 4. Basic process relations as one solution to the controversy; 5. Non-finiteness as the bridge for process compression; 6. Revisiting the controversial English constructions with non-finiteness; 7. Revisiting the controversial Chinese constructions with non-finiteness; 8. Conclusion; References; Index.