Modifying Adjuncts: 4 (Interface Explorations [IE]) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3111796817 ISBN 13: 9783111796819

Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter, 2003

Synopsis

Unlike the notion of "argument" that is central to modern linguistic theorizing, the phenomena that are commonly subsumed under the complementary notion "adjunct" so far have not attracted the attention they deserve. In this volume, leading experts in the field present current approaches to the grammar and pragmatics of adjuncts. Among other things, the contributions scrutinize the argument-adjunct distinction, specify conditions of adjunct placement, discuss compositionality issues, and propose new analyses of event-related modification. They are meant to shed new light on an area of linguistic structure that is deemed to be notoriously overlooked.

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About the Author

Cathrine Fabricus-Hansen is Professor at Oslo University, Norway. Ewald Lang is Professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Claudia Maienborn is Assistant Professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany.

Edition details

• Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3111796817
• ISBN 13: 9783111796819
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 663
• Editor: Lang Ewald, Maienborn Claudia, Fabricius-Hansen Cathrine