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Big Events, Small Clauses: The Grammar of Elaboration

By Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen , Dag Haug (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2012
ISBN
3110285800, 9783110285802
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4434440 bytes)
Series
Language, Context and Cognition 12
Pages
450\469
Time added
2017-07-02 10:36:12
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Description

Non-finite clause-like structures such as converb and particípial constructions, depictive adjectivals, absolute and comitative small clauses are important means of enriching the description of the event or situation conjured up by the main verb; but they have not been studied in depth from that perspective. The present book takes up that challenge. It throws new light on the interface between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, and presents new empirical findings based on parallel corpora involving English, German, Norwegian, French, Russian, Latin, and Ancient Greek.

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