Einband gross Inversion in Modern Written English

Inversion in Modern Written English

Syntactic Complexity, Information Status and the Creative Writer

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Kreyer, Rolf

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

254 Seiten

Englisch

Narr Francke Attemptoerschienen am15.04.2006

This book discusses full-verb inversions in modern academic and narrative writing. The analysis focuses on the use of this construction for text structuring and aesthetic purposes on the one and on the influence of syntactic Complexity and information status on the other hand. It is shown that the distribution of syntactic Complexity and information status in inverted constructions is a consequence of the fully conscious and deliberate exploitation of inversions on the part of the writer. In addition, the book describes a new and innovative method of scanning unparsed corpora for rare syntactic constructions.mehr

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KlappentextThis book discusses full-verb inversions in modern academic and narrative writing. The analysis focuses on the use of this construction for text structuring and aesthetic purposes on the one and on the influence of syntactic Complexity and information status on the other hand. It is shown that the distribution of syntactic Complexity and information status in inverted constructions is a consequence of the fully conscious and deliberate exploitation of inversions on the part of the writer. In addition, the book describes a new and innovative method of scanning unparsed corpora for rare syntactic constructions.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-8233-6227-2

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Narr Francke Attempto

ErscheinungslandDeutschland

Erscheinungsjahr2006

Erscheinungsdatum15.04.2006

ReiheLiP 32

Seiten254 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch