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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
May 2010
Print publication year:
2010
Online ISBN:
9780511676253
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511676253
Subjects:
Grammar and Syntax, European Language and Linguistics, English Language and Linguistics: General Interest, Language and Linguistics
Series:
Studies in English Language
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Book description

In this original study, Hilde Hasselgård discusses the use of adverbials in English, through examining examples found in everyday texts. Adverbials - clause elements that typically refer to circumstances of time, space, reason and manner - cover a range of meanings and can be placed at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence. The description of the frequency of meaning types and discussion of the reasons for selecting positions show that the use of adverbials differs across text types. Adverbial usage is often linked to the general build-up of a text and part of its content and purpose. In using real texts, Hasselgård identifies a challenge for the classification of adjuncts, and also highlights that some adjuncts have uses that extend into the textual and interpersonal domains, obscuring the traditional divisions between adjuncts, disjuncts and conjuncts.

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'… everything has been solidly compiled, exemplified, quantified and argued. … Undoubtedly, Hasselgård's 2010 monograph is a worthy addition to the classics on English adverbials written in the Greenbaumian tradition and will for the foreseeable future remain the standard reference on the topic.'

Bernd Kortmann Source: Journal of English Language and Linguistics

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