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Absolute Clauses in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective
He, Qingshun; Yang, Bingjun
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Hardback. Absolute Clauses in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective Series: The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series. Num Pages: 178 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, 25 black & white tables, 11 colo. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 467.
This book focuses on the structural diversity, semantic variability, case choice, stylistic characteristics and diachronic distribution of English absolute clauses. The syntactic roles assumed by absolute clauses in the traditional sense can be categorized into clausal adjuncts, attendant circumstances and appositives. These three types of function correspond to the three hypotactic expansions in the relation system of clause complexes in Systemic Functional Linguistics, i.e., elaboration, extension and enhancement. This research, therefore, redefines absolute clauses in the framework of SFL and proposes four syntactic types of absolute clauses: absolute paratactic clauses (elaboration), absolute hypotactic clauses (extension and enhancement), absolute projected clauses ... Read more
This book focuses on the structural diversity, semantic variability, case choice, stylistic characteristics and diachronic distribution of English absolute clauses. The syntactic roles assumed by absolute clauses in the traditional sense can be categorized into clausal adjuncts, attendant circumstances and appositives. These three types of function correspond to the three hypotactic expansions in the relation system of clause complexes in Systemic Functional Linguistics, i.e., elaboration, extension and enhancement. This research, therefore, redefines absolute clauses in the framework of SFL and proposes four syntactic types of absolute clauses: absolute paratactic clauses (elaboration), absolute hypotactic clauses (extension and enhancement), absolute projected clauses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
Series
The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series
Number of Pages
178
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783662463666
SKU
V9783662463666
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