Rethinking the Coordinate-Subordinate Dichotomy: Interpersonal Grammar and the Analysis of Adverbial Clauses in English

by Jean-Christophe Verstraete

This study argues that the domain traditionally covered by 'coordination' and 'subordination' in English can be subdivided into four distinct construction types. The constructions are defined on the basis of differences in their 'interpersonal' structure, i.e. the grammatical encoding of speaker-attitude and speaker-interlocutor interaction. It is shown that the four types constitute syntactically, semantically and pragmatically coherent categories,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110199505
• ISBN13: 9783110199505
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary