| Full-Verb Inversion in Written and Spoken English Contributor(s): Gotti, Maurizio (Editor), Prado Alonso, José Carlos (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034305354 ISBN-13: 9783034305358 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $93.81 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Grammar & Punctuation - Foreign Language Study | English As A Second Language - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 415.018 |
| LCCN: 2011016039 |
| Series: Linguistic Insights |
| Physical Information: 261 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a comprehensive corpus-based analysis of full-verb inversion in present-day English. The author examines the distribution and pragmatic functions of full-verb inversion in different fictional and non-fictional text styles as well as in the spoken language. Surprisingly enough, inversion in oral communication has not yet received the attention it deserves, since most work on the topic has been restricted to the written language. It has often been claimed that full-verb inversion occurs mainly in written discourse, but these claims have not yet been backed up by a detailed corpus-based analysis. This book provides a more conclusive picture of the distribution of full inversion in speech and writing and analyses the distinct pragmatic functions that the construction serves in these two modes of communication. |