{"product_id":"the-discourse-function-of-inversion-betty-birner-9781138967755","title":"The Discourse Function of Inversion in English","description":"First published in 1997. This dissertation presents a discourse-functional account of English inversion, based on an empirical study of natural language data. The central finding is that inversion is subject to a pragmatic constraint on the information status of its constituents; specifically, the information represented by the preposed constituent must be at least as familiar within the discourse as is that represented by the postposed constituent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Betty Birner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138967750\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138967755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.43d","brand":"Betty Birner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795346641151,"sku":"9781138967755","price":63.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ec0c0de9-4f4f-4678-8d2d-e0d66e3752ac.jpg?v=1744947321","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-discourse-function-of-inversion-betty-birner-9781138967755","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}