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1 online resource (vii, 253 pages). |
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Topics in English linguistics ; 25
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Topics in English linguistics ; 25.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-243) and index. |
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""Chapter 1. Communication, emotions and expressivity""; ""1.1. Aim and scope""; ""1.2. Contextualizations""; ""1.3. Leading concepts""; ""Chapter 2. The so-called possessive dative""; ""2.1. Plan of discussion""; ""2.2. Introduction""; ""2.3. Dative and possession""; ""2.4. Meaning surplus""; ""2.5. Synopsis""; ""Chapter 3 The ethic dative""; ""3.1. Plan of discussion""; ""3.2. The state of the art""; ""3.3. The ethic dative as speaker�s attachment""; ""3.4. Ethic dative versus benefactive dative?""; ""3.5. Synopsis""; ""Chapter 4. The expanded form""; ""4.1. Plan of discussion"" |
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""4.2. The Modern English form and its function""""4.3. The expanded form in early usage: Bede�s Ecclesiastical History""; ""4.4. Challenge and reconciliation""; ""4.5. Glancing at Modern English anew""; ""4.6. Synopsis""; ""Chapter 5. The present perfect""; ""5.1. Plan of discussion""; ""5.2. Orientation marks""; ""5.3. Against tense-based views""; ""5.4. Toward a non-temporal view of the present perfect""; ""5.5. Time frames""; ""5.6. The use of the present perfect in the history of English""; ""5.7. Synopsis""; ""Chapter 6. The periphrastic do""; ""6.1. Plan of discussion"" |
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""6.2. Introduction""""6.3. The do-periphrasis in affirmative statements""; ""6.4. The do-periphrasis in negations and questions""; ""6.5. Case study: A Supplicacyon for the Beggers""; ""6.6. The development of the do-periphrasis toward present-day English usage""; ""6.7. Synopsis""; ""Chapter 7. The get-passive""; ""7.1. Plan of discussion""; ""7.2. Main-stream concepts and alternatives""; ""7.3. What�s passive about get + V-ed?""; ""7.4. Instrumental condition of the get-passive""; ""7.5. Propositional condition of the get-passive""; ""7.6. Attachment"" |
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""7.7. Case study: S. Terkel, Working. People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do""""7.8. Synopsis""; ""Chapter 8. Putting the results in perspective: Grammar and the Self""; ""8.1. The major results""; ""8.2. Subjectification""; ""8.3. A cultural-historical frame""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index of authors""; ""Index of subjects"" |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English language -- Grammar.
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English language -- Grammar. |
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Emotions.
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Emotions. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Hübler, Axel. Expressivity of grammar. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1998 3110157802 (DLC) 98005406 (OCoLC)38311925 |
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9783110800173 (electronic book) |
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3110800179 (electronic book) |
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3110157802 |
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9783110157802 |
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