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题名/责任者:

Specificational and predicative clauses : a functional-cognitive account / Wout Van Praet.

出版发行项:

Berlin : De Gruyter ; 2022.

ISBN:

9783110771909:

ISBN:

311077190X

载体形态项:

xi, 329 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

丛编说明:

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; volume112

丛编说明:

Topics in English linguistics, 1434-3452 ; 112

丛编统一题名:

Topics in English Linguistics [TiEL] ; volume112.

丛编统一题名:

Topics in English linguistics, 112

个人责任者:

Van Praet, Wout, author.

论题主题:

English language-Clauses.

中图法分类号:

H314

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-324) and index.

书目附注:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

摘要附注:

In studies of copular clauses, the relation between specificational and predicative clauses has been a contentious issue. While most studies agree on the analysis of predicative clauses, specificational clauses have sparked much debate. A key concern is how specificational clauses with indefinite ?variable? NP (e.g. "A popular holiday go-to is Rome") compare to, and contrast with, other copular clauses, especially specificational clauses with definite ?variable? NP (e.g. "The main can?t-miss in Italy is Rome") and predicative clauses with indefinite predicate nominative (e.g. "Rome is a great city"). This book addresses this concern by offering a functional-structural analysis of these three clause types in terms of their common characteristics and distinguishing features. The analysis of the clauses? structure and meaning is substantiated by evidence from corpus research which probes into various aspects of their actual usage (e.g. information structure and prosody, discourse-embedding). In doing so, the book offers an empirical basis for testing existing assumptions about predicative and specificational clauses, while also providing new insights into the interaction between the grammar and discourse usage of copular clauses.

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