Adverbials : the interplay between meaning, context, and syntactic structure / edited by Jennifer R. Austin, Stefan Engelberg, Gisa Rauh.
Adverbials have become an important testing ground for research on the interfaces between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. The articles selected for this volume present recent research on this topic. Among the issues addressed are the occurrence of adverbials in various domains of the sentence Mit...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2004.
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| Series: | Linguistik aktuell ;
Bd. 70. |
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Table of Contents:
- Adverbials; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Addresses; Foreword; Current issues in the syntax and semantics of adverbials; Circumstantial adverbs and aspect*; Optimizing adverb placement in gap constructions*; Domain adverbs and the syntax of adjuncts*; Depictives and transparent adverbs; Degree Phrases versus Quantifier Phrases in prenominal and preverbal positions; A feature-based theory of adverb syntax*; Where syntax and semantics meet; Left/right contrasts among English temporal adverbials*; Author index; Subject index.