Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English
Problems of Control and Interpretation
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
| Author: | Bernd Kortmann | ISBN: | 9781136122286 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | September 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bernd Kortmann |
| ISBN: | 9781136122286 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | September 27, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
