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Adjunctival secondary predicates in English: A layered structural-functional model

The aim of this research is to develop a description and explanation (1) of the syntax and semantics of secondary predication in english (2) in a structural-functional grammatical model based on layering, and (3) within the framework of a theory of predication. The research focuses on participant-oriented adjuncts and their relationship with participants and main predicates in the clausal syntagm.

Date:1 Jan 2012 →  14 Oct 2017
Keywords:secondary predicates, adjuncts, English linguistics, syntax, functional linguistics, layering, lexicogrammar, structural-functional grammar
Disciplines:Literary studies, Other languages and literary studies, Linguistics, Theory and methodology of linguistics, Language studies