Information status and noncanonical word order in English
Betty J. Birner, Gregory L. Ward
Focusing on information status and noncanonical word order in English, this work considers constructions which involve either preposing or postposing or both (argument reversal). With reference to noncanonical word order, the book considers the issue of what constitutes familiar versus unfamiliar information within an utterance, as well as the relationship between familiar information and the source of its familiarity.
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Year:
1998
Publisher:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Language:
english
Pages:
328
ISBN 10:
9027230439
ISBN 13:
9789027230430
Series:
Studies in language companion volume 40
File:
PDF, 12.25 MB
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english, 1998