Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English
| Author | : Bernd Kortmann |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2013-09-27 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136122200 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136122206 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (206 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English by : Bernd Kortmann
Download or read book Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English written by Bernd Kortmann and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Free adjuncts and absolutes typically function as adverbial clauses which are not overtly specified for any particular adverbial relation. The book is a non-formal, corpus based study of their current use in English. Its particular focus is on a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of their semantic indeterminacy and the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic factors that help resolve it.
