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Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English

Determinants of Grammatical Variation in English

Mondorf, Britta
Rohdenburg, Günter

Hardcover

Series: Topics in English Linguistics, Book 43

Foreign Language GeneralGrammar & StyleLinguistics

ISBN10: 3110176475
ISBN13: 9783110176476
Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
Published: Mar 19 2003
Pages: 570
Weight: 2.03
Height: 1.38 Width: 9.16 Depth: 6.34
Language: English

What factors influence the choice between alternative grammatical structures such as the following: a lit / a lighted cigarette, more full / fuller of convincing arguments, the main thesis of the book / the book's main thesis, take hostage a group of 15 holiday makers / take a group of 15 holidaymakers hostage, conceding that the argument is convincing / conceding the argument to be convincing? This is the central issue explored in this volume, which contains a unique selection of innovative in-depth empirical studies written in a broadly functional framework. The factors investigated include the following: phonological influences (such as the principle of rhythmic alternation and optimal syllable structure), frequency, pervasive semantic and pragmatic aspects (including iconicity, markedness, grammaticalization and typological tendencies), information structure, processing complexity and horror aequi (the avoidance of identity effects).

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