A User's Grammar of English: Word, Sentence, Text, Interaction: Part B: The Structure of Sentences (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783631406656)

This part of UGE offers a survey of English syntax in 10 chapters. Syntax is mainly seen from a semantic viewpoint, which explains the choice of the various problem areas, viz. Statements, Questions and Directives (M. Snell-Hornby, Zürich), Modality (N.Y. Suzuki, Yokohama), Time and Tense (L.K. Engels et al., Leuven; B. Kortmann, Hannover; R. Dirven, Duisburg), Reference: Determiners (R. Dirven, Duisburg, Richard A. Geiger, GDuisburg, Richard A. Geiger, Göttingen), Reference: Relatives (W. Block, Hamburg), Semantic Roles (G. Radden, Hamburg) Complementation (I. Horiguchi, Tokyo), Space Prepositions (R. Dirven, Duisburg), Figurative Use of Prepositions (G. Radden, Hamburg) and Adverbials (A. Brisau, Ghent).

Author: René Dirven
ISBN-10: 3631406657
ISBN-13: 9783631406656
Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
Language: English
Published: 11/01/1989
Pages: 358
Format: Hardcover