The Discourse Function of Inversion in English
by
Betty Birner
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Outstanding Dissertations in Linguistics
ISBN-10
0815325568
ISBN-13
9780815325567
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 1st, 1996
Print length
204 Pages
Weight
372 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.10 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
linguistics
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First published in 1997. This dissertation presents a discourse-functional account of English inversion, based on an empirical study of natural language data. The central finding is that inversion is subject to a pragmatic constraint on the information status of its constituents; specifically, the information represented by the preposed constituent must be at least as familiar within the discourse as is that represented by the postposed constituent.
First published in 1997. This dissertation presents a discourse-functional account of English inversion, based on an empirical study of natural language data. The central finding is that inversion is subject to a pragmatic constraint on the information status of its constituents; specifically, the information represented by the preposed constituent must be at least as familiar within the discourse as is that represented by the postposed constituent.
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