The book is the first corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. The author analyses different characteristics of the make-up, functions and use of connectives, and considers morphological and syntactic factors as well as pragmatic, textlinguistic and socio-cultural aspects.
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A corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. It analyses different characteristics of the make-up, functions and use of connectives, and also considers morphological and syntactic factors.
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Product details
ISBN
9783110205589
Published
2010-02-17
Publisher
De Gruyter
Weight
594 gr
Height
230 mm
Width
155 mm
Age
P, 06
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
309
Author
Biographical note
Ursula Lenker, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany.