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Author Geluykens, Ronald

Title From discourse process to grammatical construction : on left-dislocation in English / Ronald Geluykens
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 180 pages)
Series Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 1
Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 1.
Contents FROM DISCOURSE PROCESS TO GRAMMATICAL CONSTRUCTION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Table of contents; Chapter 1. Theoretical Preliminaries; Chapter 2. Referent-Introduction (I): Interaction; Chapter 3. Referent-Introduction (II): Recoverability; Chapter 4. Referent-Introduction (III): Topicality; Chapter 5. Other Functions of LD; Chapter 6. Prosodie Aspects of LD; Chapter 7. LD in Other Discourse Types; Chapter 8. A Broader Perspective; Chapter 9. General Conclusion; Notes; Appendices; References; Subject Index; Author Index
Summary This study deals with interactional processes in conversational discourse, and the way they may get 'syntacticized' into grammatical constructions. It investigates the link between discourse function and syntactic form, and the ways in which grammatical form is a reflection on communicative function, through examining the communicative functions of Left-Dislocation in English. The investigation is corpus-based, and focuses on spontaneous conversation, but other discourse types are also taken into account. The overall perspective is resolutely empirical, and preconceptions about the possible fu
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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SUBJECT Gesprochene Sprache Veranstaltung gnd
Subject English language -- Discourse analysis.
English language -- Grammar, Generative.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Vocabulary.
English language -- Discourse analysis
English language -- Grammar, Generative
Linksversetzung
Gespräch
Konversationsanalyse
Discourse analysis.
Syntaxis.
Engels.
Linksdislocatie.
Englisch.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 92008914
ISBN 9789027285911
9027285918
9786613092748
6613092746
1283092743
9781283092746