UID:
almahu_9949481413802882
Format:
1 online resource (333 p.)
Edition:
Reprint 2013
ISBN:
9783110895100
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9783110238570
Series Statement:
Cognitive Linguistics Research [CLR] , 25
Content:
The book provides an account of English inversion, a construction that displays perplexing idiosyncrasies at the level of semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. Basing his central argument on the claim that inversion is a linguistic representation of a Ground-before-Figure model, the author develops an elegant solution to a hitherto unsolved multidimensional linguistic puzzle and, in the process, supports the theoretical position that a cognitive approach best suits the multidimensionality of language itself. Engagingly written, the book will appeal to linguists of all persuasions and to any reader curious about the relationship between language and cognition.
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Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgments --
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Contents --
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Chapter 1: Preliminaries --
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Chapter 2: Inversion as GbF instantiation --
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Chapter 3: Syntactic constraints --
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Chapter 4: Inversion in discourse --
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Chapter 5: Conclusion --
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Notes --
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References --
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Sources of examples --
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Subject index --
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Author index --
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Cognitive Linguistics Research
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Issued also in print.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1, De Gruyter, 9783110238570
In:
DGBA Backlist Linguistics and Semiotics 2000-2014 (EN), De Gruyter, 9783110238457
In:
DGBA Linguistics and Semiotics 2000 - 2014, De Gruyter, 9783110636970
In:
De Gruyter Mouton Backlist 2000-2015, De Gruyter, 9783110742961
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110178104
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110895100
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110895100
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783110895100
