Functional constraints in grammar : on the unergative-unaccusative distinction /

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Author / Creator:Kuno, Susumu, 1933-
Imprint:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2004.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 242 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Constructional approaches to language, 1573-594X ; v. 1
Constructional approaches to language ; v. 1.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11142819
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Other authors / contributors:Takami, Ken'ichi, 1952-
ISBN:1423761294
9781423761297
9027295212
9789027295217
9789027218216
9027218218
9781588115553
1588115550
9786612254383
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9781282254381
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and indexes.
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Summary:This book examines in detail the acceptability status of sentences in the following five English constructions, and elucidates the syntactic, semantic, and functional requirements that the constructions must satisfy in order to be appropriately used: There-Construction, (One's) Way Construction, Cognate Object Construction, Pseudo-Passive Construction, and Extraposition from Subject NPs. It has been argued in the frameworks of Chomskyan generative grammar, relational grammar, conceptual semantics and other syntactic theories that the acceptability of sentences in these constructions can be acc.
Other form:Print version: Kuno, Susumu, 1933- Functional constraints in grammar. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., 2004 9027218218 1588115550