Structural-functional Studies in English Grammar: In honour of Lachlan Mackenzie (Studies in Language Companion Series, SLCS 83)

Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar......Page 2
Editorial page......Page 3
Title page......Page 4
LCC data......Page 5
Table of contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
References......Page 11
Corpus-based studies......Page 14
1. Introduction......Page 16
2.1. No doubt......Page 18
2.2. There is no doubt......Page 25
2.3. I have no doubt......Page 30
3. A diachronic excursion......Page 32
4. Discussion......Page 37
References......Page 40
1. Introduction......Page 42
2. What we do and do not know about certainly and zeker......Page 43
3. The data: Sources and selection criteria......Page 44
4. The analysis......Page 45
4.1. The epistemic use......Page 47
4.2. The scalar use......Page 50
4.3. The strengthening use......Page 54
4.4. The pragmatic use......Page 58
5. Conclusions......Page 61
References......Page 63
1. Introduction......Page 66
2. Traditional accounts: Interacting principles......Page 68
3.1. The search for a single underlying principle......Page 70
3.2. Interactive principles: Rosenbach (2002)......Page 77
4.1. A multifunctional approach......Page 79
4.2. Non-prototypical prenominal possessives: Some examples......Page 80
4.3. Postnominal possessors: Some examples......Page 85
5. Conclusion......Page 87
References......Page 88
1. Introduction......Page 90
2. The two canonical patterns of encoding......Page 91
3. Variation on the canonical patterns......Page 92
4. Patterns of argument encoding in Lancashire dialect......Page 96
5. Theoretical relevance of findings......Page 103
References......Page 107
1. Introduction......Page 110
2. Material and methods......Page 113
3. Formal features......Page 114
4. Semantic features......Page 126
5. Discourse-cognitive features......Page 129
5.1. Informative values......Page 130
5.2. The interactive dimension......Page 134
6. Distribution across ICE-GB text types......Page 138
7. Conclusion......Page 142
References......Page 143
1. Introduction......Page 148
2. Subject in a grammar of English......Page 150
3. Towards an encompassing framework for Subject......Page 153
4. Some complex cases of Subject assignment......Page 159
5. Conclusions......Page 162
References......Page 164
1. Introduction......Page 166
2.1. Criteria for grammaticalization......Page 167
2.2. English modals and grammaticalization......Page 168
3.1. Pi-operators......Page 169
3.2. Modals and modality in Dik (1997)......Page 170
4.1. Grounding: A basic notion in Cognitive Grammar......Page 171
4.2. Grounding and the English modals in Cognitive Grammar......Page 172
5.2. Subjectified, grounding uses of the central modals......Page 173
5.3. Non-subjectified, non-grounding uses of the central modals......Page 174
5.4. Transitional uses (interpenetration of tense and modality)......Page 175
5.5. The shift from non-grounding to grounding: The diachronic development of must......Page 176
6.1. Implications for Cognitive Grammar......Page 177
6.2. Implications for Functional Grammar......Page 178
References......Page 179
1. The scope of the paper......Page 182
2. Progressive and Absentive......Page 184
3. Absentive properties of constructions with a verbal noun......Page 186
3.1. Esse in venatione glossed by be on huntunge......Page 187
3.2. The verbal noun was an abstract noun......Page 189
3.3. The spatial and temporal use of on......Page 190
3.5. Marking Figure or Ground......Page 191
3.6. Class of verbs......Page 192
3.7. Preliminary conclusions......Page 193
4. Discussion......Page 194
References......Page 196
Sources......Page 197
The architecture of functional models......Page 198
1. Introduction......Page 200
2.1. The classification of context......Page 202
2.2. The contextual level......Page 204
2.3. The formulation and interpretation of terms......Page 206
3.2. A first alternative......Page 209
3.4. A third alternative......Page 212
References......Page 214
1. Introduction......Page 216
2.1. Adverbial clauses......Page 217
2.2. Adverbial conjoining......Page 218
2.3. Conjunctions and adpositions......Page 219
2.4. Conjunctions and conjunctional phrases in English......Page 220
3.1. Introduction......Page 222
3.3. The representational level......Page 223
3.4. Heads, modifiers, operators, functions......Page 224
4. Conjunctions at the representational level......Page 225
5. Conjunctions at the interpersonal level......Page 228
6. Conclusions......Page 231
References......Page 232
Tree tigers and tree elephants......Page 234
2. An overview of ENCs......Page 235
2.1. Linguistic theories of ENCs......Page 240
3.1. The Dual-Process model......Page 243
3.2. The CARIN model......Page 244
3.3. The C3 model......Page 245
4. The ENC construction......Page 247
4.1. Construction Grammar......Page 248
4.2. Relation ENCs......Page 250
4.3. Property ENCs......Page 252
4.4. Opaque phrasal ENCs......Page 253
4.5. Overview......Page 254
4.6. Psychological adequacy......Page 256
4.7. For further investigation......Page 258
5. Conclusion......Page 260
References......Page 261
1. Introduction......Page 264
2. The way construction......Page 266
3. The time-away-construction......Page 271
4. Causative constructions......Page 276
5. Conclusion......Page 279
References......Page 280
1. Introduction......Page 282
2. Semantics, morphosyntax and the lexicon in RRG......Page 284
3. Incrementality in language processing......Page 292
4. A dynamic implementation of the RRG linking algorithms......Page 293
5. Some problematic issues......Page 301
6. A more complex example of dynamic implementation of the linking algorithms......Page 304
References......Page 311
1. Introduction......Page 316
2. Linguistic structure as a result of functional differentiation......Page 319
3. Slots as basic functional-structural interface units: External and internal function......Page 320
4. Layered clause structure as procedural knowledge......Page 323
5. The limits of incrementality......Page 326
6. A case for simultaneity of interaction, representation and expression in grammar: Choice of subject and fronted objects......Page 328
7. Formulaic language......Page 334
8. Grammatical and other units in online communication......Page 337
9. Conclusion......Page 338
References......Page 339
1. Morphophonological processing......Page 344
2. The role of prehensions in speech production and comprehension......Page 350
References......Page 358
1. Linguistic assumptions......Page 360
2. A speaker/hearer-based grammar......Page 366
3. The case of possessives......Page 374
4. Novel compounds......Page 380
References......Page 387
Index......Page 396
The Studies in Language Companion Series......Page 401