A User's Grammar of English: Word, Sentence, Text, Interaction: Part B: The Structure of Sentences Contributor(s): Dirven, René (Editor), Geiger, Richard a. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631406657 ISBN-13: 9783631406656 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1989 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - Etymology - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language |
Dewey: 428.2 |
LCCN: 90177939 |
Series: Europaische Hochschulschriften. Reihe XX, Philosophie |
Physical Information: 358 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This part of UGE offers a survey of English syntax in 10 chapters. Syntax is mainly seen from a semantic viewpoint, which explains the choice of the various problem areas, viz. Statements, Questions and Directives (M. Snell-Hornby, Zurich), Modality (N.Y. Suzuki, Yokohama), Time and Tense (L.K. Engels et al., Leuven; B. Kortmann, Hannover; R. Dirven, Duisburg), Reference: Determiners (R.Dirven, Duisburg, Richard A. Geiger, Gottingen), Reference: Relatives (W. Block, Hamburg), Semantic Roles (G. Radden, Hamburg) Complementation (I. Horiguchi, Tokyo), Space Prepositions (R. Dirven, Duisburg), Figurative Use of Prepositions (G. Radden, Hamburg) and Adverbials (A. Brisau, Ghent)." |