Complex Sentences In Grammar And Discourse

Author : Joan L. Bybee
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027225856
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse written by Joan L. Bybee and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume in honor of Sandra Annear Thompson deal with complex sentences, an important topic in Thompson's career. The focus of the contributions is on the ways in which the grammatical properties of complex sentences are shaped by the communicative context in which they are produced, an approach to grammatical analysis that Thompson pioneered and developed in the course of her distinguished career.

Author : Holger Diessel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139454080
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Acquisition of Complex Sentences written by Holger Diessel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-02 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a comprehensive study of how children acquire complex sentences. Drawing on observational data from English-speaking children aged 2 to 5, Holger Diessel investigates the acquisition of infinitival and participial complement clauses, finite complement clauses, finite and nonfinite relative clauses, adverbial clauses, and coordinate clauses. His investigation shows that the development of complex sentences originates from simple non-embedded sentences and that two different developmental pathways can be distinguished: complex sentences including complement and relative clauses evolve from simple sentences that are gradually expanded to multiple-clause constructions, and complex sentences including adverbial and coordinate clauses develop from simple sentences that are integrated in a specific biclausal unit. He argues that the acquisition process is determined by a variety of factors: the frequency of the various complex sentences in the ambient language, the semantic and syntactic complexity of the emerging constructions, the communicative functions of complex sentences, and the social-cognitive development of the child.

Author : Rik van Gijn
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027270759
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Information Structure and Reference Tracking in Complex Sentences written by Rik van Gijn and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-03-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is dedicated to exploring the crossroads where complex sentences and information management – more specifically information structure and reference tracking – come together. Complex sentences are a highly relevant but understudied domain for studying notions of IS and RT. On the one hand, a complex sentence can be studied as a mini-unit of discourse consisting of two or more elements describing events, situations, or processes, with its own internal information-structural and referential organization. On the other hand, complex sentences can be studied as parts of larger discourse structures, such as narratives or conversations, in terms of how their information-structural characteristics relate to this wider context. The book offers new perspectives for the study of the interaction between complex sentences and information management, and moreover adds typological breadth by focusing on lesser studied languages from several parts of the world.

Author : Richard A. Hudson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Complex Sentences written by Richard A. Hudson and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Manik Joshi
Publisher : Manik Joshi
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound-Complex Sentences: English Sentence Forms written by Manik Joshi and published by Manik Joshi. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REVISED EDITION -- FEB 20, 2016 -- Sentence forms in English language - simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, compound-complex sentence | phrases and clauses | independent or principal clause (main clause), dependent or subordinate clause | list of important coordinators and transitional expressions (transitional words or phrases) for compound sentences | list of important subordinators for complex sentences | double and multiple sentences | definition and examples of simple, compound and complex sentences

Author : Christopher Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781588113597
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structure and Function: From clause to discourse and beyond written by Christopher Butler and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume one of a two volume set outlining and comparing three approaches to the study of language labelled 'structural-functionalist': functional grammar (FG); role and reference grammar (RRG); and systemic functional grammar (SFG).

Author : Edith L. Bavin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781107605428
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language written by Edith L. Bavin and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best survey of the subject available, The Cambridge Handbook of Child Language brings together the world's foremost researchers to provide a one-stop resource for the study of language acquisition and development. Grouped into five thematic sections, the handbook is organized by topic, making it easier for students and researchers to use when looking up specific in-depth information. It covers a wider range of subjects than any other handbook on the market, with chapters covering both theories and methods in child language research and tracing the development of language from prelinguistic infancy to teenager. Drawing on both established and more recent research, the Handbook surveys the crosslinguistic study of language acquisition; prelinguistic development; bilingualism; sign languages; specific language impairment, language and autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome. This book will be an essential reference for students and researchers working in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science, speech pathology, education and anthropology.

Author : Christopher S. Butler
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027296529
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories written by Christopher S. Butler and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06-30 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like its companion volume, this book offers a detailed description and comparison of three major structural-functional theories: Functional Grammar, Role and Reference Grammar and Systemic Functional Grammar, illustrated throughout with corpus-derived examples from English and other languages. Whereas Part 1 confines itself largely to the simplex clause, Part 2 moves from the clause towards the discourse and its context. The first three chapters deal with the areas of illocution, information structuring (topic and focus, theme and rheme, given and new information, etc.), and clause combining within complex sentences. Chapter 4 examines approaches to discourse, text and context across the three theories. The fifth chapter deals with the learning of language by both native and non-native speakers, and applications of the theories in stylistics, computational linguistics, translation and contrastive studies, and language pathology. The final chapter assesses the extent to which each theory attains the goals it sets for itself, and then outlines a programme for the development of an integrated approach responding to a range of criteria of descriptive and explanatory adequacy.

Author : Teun A. van Dijk
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110804263
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Aspects of Text Grammars written by Teun A. van Dijk and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Liu Yuehua
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100020023X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practical Grammar of Modern Chinese IV written by Liu Yuehua and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chinese grammar is characterized by its simple structure, lack of inflections, and wide use of monosyllabic morphemes. With the increased popularity of learning Chinese as a second language, there is a demand for a guide to Chinese grammar that's targeted at second language learners. This four-volume set is one of the earliest and most influential works of Chinese grammar, with a special focus on teaching and learning Chinese as a second language. Drawing on rich teaching experience, the authors analyze a myriad of real-world examples to describe Chinese grammatical phenomena and rules while introducing the general grammar system of Chinese. This volume introduces several simple sentence and compound sentence structures of modern Chinese grammar. In addition, the authors examine discourse and other larger units of sentences in use. Since the first edition came out in 1983, this set has been revised twice and remained one of the best sellers in the field. Practitioners and scholars of teaching Chinese as a second language, as well as students with a basic knowledge of Chinese, will find it to be a handy reference.