The Discourse Function of Inversion in English
| Author | : Betty Birner |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 163 |
| Release | : 2014-05-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781136753978 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1136753974 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (78 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Discourse Function of Inversion in English by : Betty Birner
Download or read book The Discourse Function of Inversion in English written by Betty Birner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997. This dissertation presents a discourse-functional account of English inversion, based on an empirical study of natural language data. The central finding is that inversion is subject to a pragmatic constraint on the information status of its constituents; specifically, the information represented by the preposed constituent must be at least as familiar within the discourse as is that represented by the postposed constituent.
