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Subordination in English: Synchronic and Diachronic Perspectives

By Elena Seoane , Carlos Acuña-Fariña , Ignacio Palacios-Martínez

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2018
ISBN
9783110581034, 9783110583571, 9783110581058, 2018940117
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1274815 bytes)
Series
Topics in English Linguistics, 101
Pages
\320
Time added
2021-04-27 13:18:41

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Preface Contents Subordination, or the permanent allure of the “adjacent possible” Part I: Diachronic perspectives on subordination From flying Sancho to swooning Altisidora: The changing use of premodifying present participles in three English translations of Cervantes’ Don Quijote Because science! Notes on a variable conjunction That-clauses as complements of verbs or nouns Semantic roles as a factor affecting complement choice: a case study with data from COHA Expanding the type you can’t help laughing -Ing clauses in spoken English: structure, usage and recent change Resourceful ways of recruiting members: The origin and development of Mental zero-Secondary Predicate Constructions The rise of long catenative constructions in Modern English: new sub-schemas and new stylistic options Part II: Subordination in Present-day Englishes Catenative get in World Englishes Adverbial subordination across variety types: A synchronic analysis of the syntax and semantics of since- and while-clauses in ENL, ESL, and EFL Whatever the specific circumstances, …: A Construction Grammar perspective of wh-ever clauses in English A sociolinguistic study of relativizers in spoken Philippines English Subject index

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