Infinitival Complement Clauses in English - A Study of Syntax in Discourse

Klappentext This study is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar. Zusammenfassung This study! the first in the series Studies in English Language! is concerned with the functional and communicative foundations of English grammar! and takes as its specific focus the study of infinitival complement clauses. This book will appeal to scholars and postgraduate students in the fields of English language and general linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Infinitival subject clauses and some semantically related types of infinitival complementation; 3. To-infinitival clauses as complements of transitive verbs; 4. Summary and conclusion; Appendices; Notes; References; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Mair
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2009
• EAN: 9780521114721
• ISBN: 978-0-521-11472-1
• No. of pages: 276
• Series: Studies in English Language
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics