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Purpose Clauses
Judith K. Jones
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBG; CFGA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 433.
The purpose clause is a common fonn of adverbial modification in English. The bracketed phrases below are purpose clauses, and they look and sound unremarkable. We hear and see these things all the time. John came [to play with the children] [to play with] I brought John along Insofar as purpose clauses appear to be adverbial, they frequently occupy a relatively low place on the scale of important things for syntactic theory to address itself to. In this book I assume the theoretical framework that has come to be known as 'Government-Binding' theory (GB), initiated in Chomsky (1981). The general ... Read more
The purpose clause is a common fonn of adverbial modification in English. The bracketed phrases below are purpose clauses, and they look and sound unremarkable. We hear and see these things all the time. John came [to play with the children] [to play with] I brought John along Insofar as purpose clauses appear to be adverbial, they frequently occupy a relatively low place on the scale of important things for syntactic theory to address itself to. In this book I assume the theoretical framework that has come to be known as 'Government-Binding' theory (GB), initiated in Chomsky (1981). The general ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Number of Pages
263
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401055376
SKU
V9789401055376
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99-15
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