Unexpressed Subjects in English - An Empirical Analysis of Narrative and Conversational Discourse

Informationen zum Autor Amy M. Lindstrom is assistant professor of linguistics at Old Dominion University. Klappentext In this corpus-based, variationist study, Amy M. Lindstrom demonstrates that unexpressed subjects in English warrant attention as a deliberate, strategic device in discourse, where patterns of distribution challenge the assumption that subject expression is obligatory. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of FiguresList of TablesChapter 1. Variable subject expressionChapter 2. Unexpressed (null) subjectsChapter 3. Classification and coding of conversational and narrative dataChapter 4. Human subject expression patterningChapter 5. Human subject expression analysesChapter 6. All about ItChapter 7. Seems like, sounds like, looks likeChapter 8. Summary and conclusionsAppendix A: Transcription ConventionsCorporaReferencesAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Amy M Lindstrom, Amy M. Lindstrom
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781793604613
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-461-3
• No. of pages: 154
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Historical & comparative linguistics, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Historical and comparative linguistics