Adjunct Adverbials in English

Discusses the use of adverbials in English, i.e. clause elements that refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner.

List of contents

Part I. A Framework for Analysing Adverbials: 1. Studying adjunct adverbials; 2. The classification of adverbials; 3. Some syntactic features of adverbial placement; Part II. Adverbial Positions: Theme, Cohesion and Information Dynamics: 4. Initial position; 5. Medial position; 6. End position; 7. The cleft focus position; 8. Combinations of positions; Part III. Semantic Types of Adverbials: Subtypes, Frequencies and Usage: 9. Space and time adjuncts; 10. Adjuncts of manner and contingency; 11. Other adjunct types: participant, respect, focus, degree, situation, comparison and viewpoint; Part IV. Adjunct Adverbials in English: 12. Adverbial usage across text types; 13. The grammar of English adjuncts: summary of findings and concluding remarks.

About the author

Hilde Hasselgård is Professor of English Language at the University of Oslo. Her previous publications include Introducing English Grammar (with Magne Dypedahl and Berit Løken, 2006), English Grammar: Theory and Use (with Stig Johansson and Per Lysvåg, 1998) and a series of articles on word order, cohesion and information structure.

Summary

Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, i.e. clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner. By describing the frequency of meaning types, the use of adverbials is found to differ across text types, and is part of the text's content and purpose.

Product details

• Authors: Hilde Hasselg¿, Hilde Hasselgard, Hilde Hasselgård
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.07.2014
• EAN: 9781107649347
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64934-7
• No. of pages: 340
• Series: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology