Subjects in English: From Valency Grammar to a Constructionist Treatment of Non-Canonical Subjects

Peter Uhrig

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2018

Subjects in English

From Valency Grammar to a Constructionist Treatment of Non-Canonical Subjects

Peter Uhrig

Volume 321 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110589801

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The purpose of the book is twofold. First it tries to give a descriptive account of subjects in English. The second aim is to elucidate the status of the subject both as a concept in grammatical theory and with regard to the question whether the subject is determined by item-specific arbitrary formal restrictions in the same way as postverbal complements of the verb have been shown to be.

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Peter Uhrig, Universität Erlangen

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	VII
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	IX
Abbreviations, symbols and frequently used labels Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XV
List of Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XVII
List of Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XIX
1. Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Theory Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
3. Methodological Considerations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Clausal Subjects in active clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
5. Analysis of subjects in passive clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
6. Analysis of subjects in copular clauses Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
7. Extraposition Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
8. Existentials Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
9. Conclusions and perspectives for syntactic models Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	329
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	345
Appendices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 20
- Main content: 349
Keywords: (Clausal) Subjects; Extraposition; Existentials; Valency Theory

eBook

Published: June 11, 2018
ISBN: 9783110589801

Hardcover

Published: June 11, 2018
ISBN: 9783110587258