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Cognitive Linguistics Research [Clr] Ser.: English Inversion : A Ground-Before-Figure Construction by Rong Chen (2003, Hardcover)

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English Inversion (Cognitive Linguistic Research) by Chen, Rong [Hardcover]

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PublisherDE Gruyter, Inc.

ISBN-103110178109

ISBN-139783110178104

eBay Product ID (ePID)2898402

Product Key Features

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEnglish Inversion : a Ground-Before-Figure Construction

SubjectLinguistics / Syntax, Linguistics / Morphology, General, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2003

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorRong Chen

SeriesCognitive Linguistics Research [Clr] Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Weight21.9 Oz

Item Length9.1 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2003-052712

Dewey Edition21

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

Series Volume Number25

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal425

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Table Of ContentChapter 1: Preliminaries 1. Issues of inversion 1.1. Types of inversion 1.2. Peculiarities of inversion 2. Previous research 2.1. Syntactic accounts 2.2. Functional accounts 2.3. Information packaging: Birner (1996) 2.4. Subjectivity and emotivity: Dorgeloh (1997) 3. Relevant tenets of cognitive linguistics 4. Other issues 4.1. Inversion as a construction 4.2. Data and judgment of acceptability Chapter 2: Inversion as GbF instantiation 1. The GbF model 2. LOC BE: The prototype 2.1. LOC BE as the prototype 2.2. LOC BE as instantiation of GbF 2.3. Variations of LOC BE 3. PATH Vm: From existence to motion 3.1. PATH Vm: The central type 3.2. TEMP Vm: From space to time 4. NSPAT BE: From spatiality to nonspatiality 5. A radial classification 6. The phonology of inversion: A matter of focus 6.1. Stress 6.2. Intonation 7. GbF and information packaging: A comparison Chapter 3: Syntactic constraints 1. Polarity 2. Transitivity 3. Embeddedness 3.1. Previous research 3.2. Embeddability 3.3. Embedded inversion 4. Auxiliaries 5. Weight 6. Summary Chapter 4: Inversion in discourse 1. Discourse types: A tripartite 2. Inversion in description 2.1. General discussion 2.2. Ground-chaining 2.3. Center-linking 2.4. Multiple-anchoring 2.5. Other approaches 3. Inversion in narration 4. Inversion in exposition 5. Summary 6. Inversion in parody Chapter 5: Conclusion 1. Summary 2. GbF representation in other languages

SynopsisThe book provides an account of English inversion, a construction that displays perplexing idiosyncrasies at the level of semantics, phonology, syntax, and pragmatics. Basing his central argument on the claim that inversion is a linguistic representation of a Ground-before-Figure model, the author develops an elegant solution to a hitherto unsolved multidimensional linguistic puzzle and, in the process, supports the theoretical position that a cognitive approach best suits the multidimensionality of language itself. Engagingly written, the book will appeal to linguists of all persuasions and to any reader curious about the relationship between language and cognition.

LC Classification NumberPE1390.C47 2003