Del 49 - MUSE: Munich Studies in English

Medially-Placed Linking Adverbials in Written Academic English

Usage Patterns and Functions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2022

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In Present-Day English, the only flexible sentence constituent in unmarkeddeclarative sentences is the adverbial, which can often be placed in initial, medial, or end position. This book presents the first empirical and corpus-based study on the usage patterns and functions of medially-placed linking adverbials in conceptually-written academic English. By combining quantitative with detailed qualitative analyses of selected corpus examples, the present study explores whether the placement of linking adverbials in medial position can be regarded as a focusing strategy, similar to focusing adverbs and cleft sentences. Moreover, it investigates whether different medial positions are associated with distinct discourse functions, such as the marking of contrastive topics or differentfocus meanings.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-06-13
Mått148 x 210 x 23 mm
Vikt509 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieDel 49 i MUSE: Munich Studies in English
Antal sidor340
Upplaga22001
FörlagPeter Lang AG
ISBN9783631864562

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Introduction — Linking Adverbials — Interplay between Adverbial Placement and Information Structure — Material and Method — Positional Distribution of Linking Adverbials in Written Academic English: Overview — The Central Case of however: Usage Patterns and Functions — by contrast, in contrast, on the contrary, and on the other hand: Usage Patterns and Functions — nevertheless: Usage Patterns and Functions — in other words and in short: Usage Patterns and Functions — furthermore and moreover: Usage Patterns and Functions — Factors Influencing the Variation between Initial and Medial Position — Medially-Placed Markers of Epistemicity and Evidentiality: Usage Patterns and Functions — Conclusion — References .