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Purpose Clauses: Syntax, Thematics, and Semantics of English Purpose Constructions (Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy)
Purpose Clauses Syntax Thematics and Semantics of English Purpose Constructions - Studies in Linguistics and Philosophy
Author: C. Jones
The purpose clause is a common kind of adverbial modifier in English. In this book, the standard unbounded-dependency theory of constructions like purpose clauses, outlined within Noam Chomsky's Government and Binding theory (GB), is contrasted with an alternative theoretical characterization of them, worked out within Edwin Williams GB-related ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780792314004
ISBN-10: 079231400X
Publication Date: 9/30/1991
Pages: 280
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Springer
Book Type: Hardcover
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