The comment clause in English : syntactic origins and pragmatic development
Record details
- ISBN: 9780521886734
- ISBN: 0521886732
- ISBN: 9780511464959
- ISBN: 9780511464218
- ISBN: 0511464959
- ISBN: 0511464215
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xvii, 280 pages) : illustrations.
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Computer data. - Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:april.19 Multi-User. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and indexes. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : comment clauses, parentheticals, and pragmatic markers -- Semantic and syntactic development of pragmatic markers -- Processes of change -- Comment clauses with say -- I mean -- Comment clauses with see -- If you will and as it were -- Comment clauses with look -- What's more and what else -- Epistemic/evidential parentheticals : I gather and I find -- Concluding remarks. |
Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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