Relative Clauses - Structure and Variation in Everyday English

A sophisticated analysis of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English, using novel data from live, unscripted radio/TV broadcasts and the internet.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue; 1. Background; 2. Resumptive relatives; 3. Prepositional relatives; 4. Gapless relatives; Epilogue.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Andrew Radford is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at the University of Essex. His many books include Minimalist Syntax (Cambridge, 2004), Analysing English Sentences (Cambridge, 2nd edition, 2016) and Colloquial English: Structure and Variation (Cambridge, 2018).

Zusammenfassung

Brings to light largely unreported and unanalysed types of non-standard relative clauses in everyday English. A sophisticated and empirically rich analysis, it will be of interest to researchers and students working on syntax, the English language, language variation, corpus linguistics, experimental linguistics, and language change.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Radford, Andrew (University of Essex) Radford, Radford Andrew
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9781108492805
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49280-5
• Seiten: 324
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Linguisti; Cambridge Studies in Linguistics; Cambridge Studies in Linguisti
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, Language: history & general works, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics, Language: history and general works, Semantics, discourse analysis, etc