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Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English: Problems of Control and Interpretation
Contributor(s): Kortmann, Bernd (Author)

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 ISBN: 0415063914     ISBN-13: 9780415063913
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $171.00  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1991
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Annotation: syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic phenomena that may influence the interpretation of these constructions, and, with respect to the way diverse interpretive behavior of free adjunct and absolutes is predictable, from higher functional and pragmatic principles. The conclusions found in this volume will be of great benefit to scholars working in the fields of syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and cognitive and text linguistics.

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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General
Dewey: 425
LCCN: 91010122
Series: Communication and Society
Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" L (1.09 lbs) 268 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
 
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Free adjuncts and absolutes typically function as adverbial clauses which are not overtly specified for any particular adverbial relation. The book is a non-formal, corpus based study of their current use in English. Its particular focus is on a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of their semantic indeterminacy and the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic factors that help resolve it.
 
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