English Inversion: A Ground-Before-Figure Construction

by Rong Chen

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The book provides an account of English inversion, a construction that displays perplexing idiosyncrasies at the level of semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. Basing his central argument on the claim that inversion is a linguistic representation of a Ground-before-Figure model, the author develops an elegant solution to a hitherto unsolved multidimensional linguistic puzzle and, in the process, supports the theoretical position that a...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3110178109

ISBN13:9783110178104

Release Date:June 2003

Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton

Length:344 Pages

Weight:1.34 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Age Range:22 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary

Related Subjects

Foreign Language Foreign Language Learning Foreign Language Study Foreign Language Study & Reference Foreign Languages Language Arts

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