Qingshun He: 2 books
Absolute Clauses in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective
A Corpus-Based Study
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2015
This book focuses on the structural diversity, semantic variability, case choice, stylistic characteristics and diachronic distribution of English absolute clauses. The syntactic roles assumed by absolute clauses in the traditional sense can be categorized into clausal adjuncts, attendant circumstances...
by Qingshun He
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2019
This book presents corpus-based research on functional syntax. It is the first book to present a comprehensive investigation into grammatical metaphor in English clause combining in large-size corpora. By providing a systematic illustration of features such as parataxis, hypotaxis and embedding, it...