From Discourse Process to Grammatical Construction: On Left-Dislocation in English: 1 (Studies in Discourse and Grammar) - Hardcover

Geluykens, Ronald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9027226113 ISBN 13: 9789027226112

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co, 1992

Synopsis

This study deals with interactional processes in conversational discourse, and the way they may get 'syntacticized' into grammatical constructions. It investigates the link between discourse function and syntactic form, and the ways in which grammatical form is a reflection on communicative function, through examining the communicative functions of Left-Dislocation in English. The investigation is corpus-based, and focuses on spontaneous conversation, but other discourse types are also taken into account. The overall perspective is resolutely empirical, and preconceptions about the possible functions of Left-Dislocation are avoided. Contents 1. Theoretical preliminaries; 2. Referent-introduction (1): interaction; 3. Referent-introduction (2): recoverability; 4. Referent-introduction (3): topicality; 5. Other functions of LD; 6. Prosodic aspects of LD; 7. LD in other discourse types; 8. A broader perspecitive; 9. General conclusion; Notes, Appendices, References, Subject and author indices.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027226113
• ISBN 13: 9789027226112
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 193