The Discourse Function of Inversion in English
Download or Read eBook The Discourse Function of Inversion in English PDF 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.
| 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
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.
