Outside the clause: form and function of extra-clausal constituents

by Kaltenböck, Gunther Keizer, Evelien Lohmann, Arne

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Full title :Outside the clause : form and function of extra-clausal constituents / edited by Gunther Kaltenböck, Evelien Keizer, Arne Lohmann.

Summary

This volume brings together a number of articles on the form and function of extra-clausal constituents, a group of linguistic elements which have puzzled linguists by defying analysis in terms of ordinary sentence grammar. Given their high frequency and communicative importance, these elements can, however, no longer be dismissed as a marginal linguistic phenomenon. In recent years this awareness has resulted not only in more systematic treatments of extra-clausal constituents, but has also highlighted the need to account for them in grammatical theory. Based on (mainly English) corpus data, the volume investigates the discourse-pragmatic, semantic, syntactic and phonological features of a range of extra-clausal constituents, including discourse markers, free adjuncts, left dislocands, insubordinate clauses and various kinds of adverbials. The individual chapters adopt a number of different perspectives, investigating the diachronic development of extra-clausal constituents, their multi-functionality and their use in bilingual settings, also addressing the question of how they can be incorporated into existing models of grammar.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9789027266552, 9027266557
oclc:ocn958517768
LC Classification:P302.35
Dewey Decimal:415

Extra-clausal constituents; 1. What are extra-clausal constituents?; 2. In what way are ECCs "outside" the clause?; 3. Categories of ECCs; 4. The functions of ECCs; 5. Origin and development of ECCs; 6. EECs in different grammatical models; 7. The present volume; References; Part 1. The multifunctionality of ECCs; Pragmatic markers as constructions. The case of anyway; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Previous work; 1.2 The interactional perspective; 1.3 Corpora; 2. A quantitative analysis of anyway in different varieties.

2.1 The frequency of anyway2.2 Position of anyway; 2.3 Anyway and collocations; 3. The function of anyway in the left and the right periphery; 3.1 Anyway in the left periphery; 3.1.1 Anyway signalling resumption and continuation; 3.1.2 Anyway marking transitions in the narrative; 3.1.3 Anyway signalling topic close and topic change; 3.1.4 Anyway in the left periphery -summing up; 4. Anyway as a 'stand-alone' marker; 4.1 'Stand-alone' anyway as a marker of closure; 4.2 'Stand-alone' anyway with the function to abandon the topic unresolved.

4.3 'Stand-alone' anyway as a part of a little dialogue to come to an agreement5. The function of anyway in right periphery; 5.1 Right …

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Analyse fonctionnelle du discours Discourse markers Fonctionnalisme (Linguistique) Functional discourse grammar Functionalism (Linguistics) Grammar, Comparative and general -- Cla… Grammar, Comparative and general -- Par… LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguist… Marqueurs du discours Parenthèses Propositions (Linguistique)