| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Constructional approaches to language,
1573-594X ;
v. 1
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Constructional approaches to language ; v. 1.
1573-594X
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Functional Constraints in Grammar; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. The there-construction and unaccusativity; 3. The way construction and unergativity; 4. The cognate object construction and unergativity; 5. The pseudo-passive construction and unergativity; 6. Extraposition from subject NPs and unaccusativity; 7. Conclusion; Notes; References; Name index; Subject index; The series Constructional Approaches to Language. |
| Summary |
This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One's) Way Construction, Cognate Object Construction, Pseudo-Passive Construction, and Extraposition from Subject NPs. It has been argued in the frameworks of Chomskyan generative grammar, relational grammar, conceptual semantics and other syntactic theories that the acceptability of sentences in these constructions can be acc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
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Functionalism (Linguistics)
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Functionalism (Linguistics) |
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Generative grammar.
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Generative grammar. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Takami, Ken'ichi, 1952-2022.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Kuno, Susumu, 1933- Functional constraints in grammar. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2004 9027218218 1588115550 (DLC) 2004055096 (OCoLC)55730010 |
| ISBN |
1423761294 (electronic book) |
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9781423761297 (electronic book) |
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9027295212 |
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9789027295217 |
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9789027218216 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9027218218 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588115553 (U.S. hardbound ; alkaline paper) |
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1588115550 (U.S. hardbound ; alkaline paper) |
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