Complex and Derived Constructions

Name: Complex and Derived Constructions
Brand: De Gruyter Mouton
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Simon C. Dik(Author)

Kees Hengeveld(Editor)

De Gruyter Mouton (Publisher)

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Published on 2. August 2011

XX, 477 pages

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Intro
List of tables and figures
Abbreviations used in FG-representations
1. Predicate formation
1.0. Introduction
1.1. The nature of predicate formation rules: an example
1.2. A typology of predicate formation rules
1.3. Explanatory notes on predicate formation
1.4. The expression of the output predicate
1.5. Conclusion
2. Verbal restrictors 1: general properties
2.0. Introduction
2.1. Participant identification
2.2. Some terminological issues
2.3. Verbal restrictors
2.4. Non-restrictive usage of verbal restrictors
3. Verbal restrictors 2: types
3.0. Introduction
3.1. Post-nominal verbal restrictors
3.2. Prenominal verbal restrictors
3.3. Circumnominal verbal restrictors
3.4. Correlative relative constructions
4. Verbal restrictors 3: explanations
4.0. Introduction
4.1. On the (non-)universality of verbal restrictors
4.2. Prefield versus Postfield
4.3. Scenarios for the creation of verbal restrictors
4.4. Conclusion
5. Embedded constructions 1: semantic parameters
5.0. Introduction
5.1. Clausal terms
5.2. Propositional terms
5.3. Predicational terms
5.4. Differences between types of embedded construction
6. Embedded constructions 2: functional and formal parameters
6.0. Introduction
6.1. Functional parameters
6.2. Formal parameters
7. Embedded constructions 3: types
7.0. Introduction
7.1. Finite embedded constructions: subordinate clauses
7.2. Non-finite embedded constructions
8. Polarity distinctions
8.0. Introduction
8.1. Negation: operator or satellite?
8.2. Negation and Focus
8.3. Illocutionary negation
8.4. Propositional negation
8.5. Predicational negation
8.6. Negation at the predicate level
8.7. Term negation or zero quantification
8.8. Term negation versus predication negation
9. Coordination
9.0. Introduction
9.1. Coordination defined
9.2. Ways of describing coordinate constructions
9.3. Simple coordination
9.4. Multiple coordination
9.5. Simultaneous coordination
10. Anaphora
10.0. Introduction
10.1. Definitions
10.2. Accessibility
10.3. Expresssion
11. The illocutionary layer
11.0. Introduction
11.1. The status of "illocution"
11.2. Explicit and implicit performatives
11.3. Sentence types as carriers of basic illocutions
11.4. Illocutionary operators
11.5. Illocutionary conversion
11.6. Explicit performatives again
11.7. Conclusion
12. Interrogative clauses
12.0. Introduction
12.1. The illocutionary force of questions
12.2. Different types of interrogative construction
12.3. Q-word questions
12.4. The placement of Q-constituents
12.5. Multiple Q-word questions
13. Focus constructions: basic patterns
13.0. Introduction
13.1. A note on terminology
13.2. The prototypical Cleft construction
13.3. Focus constructions with adpositional predicates
14. Predicate focus
cleft interrogatives
demarking of Focus constructions
14.0. Introduction
14.1. Focusing on the predicate
14.2. Interrogative Focus constructions
14.3. Demarking processes
15. Discrepancies between underlying clause structure and surface expression
15.0. Introduction
15.1. Types of discrepancies
15.2. Formal discrepancy
15.3. Positional discrepancy
15.4. Formal and positional discrepancy
15.5. On "Raising"
15.6. Other forms of structural discrepancy
16. Accessibility
16.0. Introduction
16.1. Operations
16.2. Intrinsic constraints
16.3. Hierarchical constraints
16.4. Functional constraints
16.5. Concluding remarks
17. Extra-clausal constituents
17.0. Introduction
17.1. On defining ECCs
17.2. Types of ECCs
17.3. Conclusion
18. Towards a functional grammar of discourse
18.0. Introduction
18.1. Intention, content, interpretation, and knowledge
18.2. Dynamic Discourse Models
18.3. Three perspectives on a functional grammar of discourse
18.4. Global discourse decisions: scope phenomena in discourse
18.5. Global structures in discourse
18.6. Discourse coherence
18.7. Conclusion
References
Index of languages
Index of names
Index of subjects

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