The Discourse Function of Inversion in English

ISBN-13: 9780815325567 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 204 str.

Betty J. Birner;Birner

Opis

A study of discourse-functional constraints on the use of a marked syntactic construction. Argues that inversion in clauses serves an information-packaging function, linking familiar and unfamiliar information in the discourse. Demonstrates a correlation between a well-defined type of giveness and c

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Definition and Preliminary Taxonomy; Chapter 3 Previous Analyses; Chapter 4 The Function of Inversion; Chapter 5 Verbs and Related Issues; Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions;

O autorze

Birner, Betty