Free Adjuncts and Absolutes in English: Problems of Control and Interpretation

By Bernd Kortmann

Book Overview

This book presents a corpus-based syntactic, semantic and pragmatic analysis of free adjuncts and absolutes in present-day English. The main focus of the book is on central problems of their use and interpretation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 041586769X
• ISBN13: 9780415867696
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"