Argument and Rhetoric: Adverbial Connectors in the History of English

by Ursula Lenker

The book is the first corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. The author analyses different characteristics of the make-up, functions and use of connectives, and considers morphological and syntactic factors as well as pragmatic, textlinguistic and socio-cultural aspects.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110205580
• ISBN13: 9783110205589
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary