The Expressivity of Grammar
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The Expressivity of Grammar

Grammatical Devices Expressing Emotion across Time

  1. 260 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Expressivity of Grammar

Grammatical Devices Expressing Emotion across Time

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Table of contents

  1. Chapter 1. Communication, emotions and expressivity
  2. 1.1. Aim and scope
  3. 1.2. Contextualizations
  4. 1.3. Leading concepts
  5. Chapter 2. The so-called possessive dative
  6. 2.1. Plan of discussion
  7. 2.2. Introduction
  8. 2.3. Dative and possession
  9. 2.4. Meaning surplus
  10. 2.5. Synopsis
  11. Chapter 3 The ethic dative
  12. 3.1. Plan of discussion
  13. 3.2. The state of the art
  14. 3.3. The ethic dative as speaker’s attachment
  15. 3.4. Ethic dative versus benefactive dative?
  16. 3.5. Synopsis
  17. Chapter 4. The expanded form
  18. 4.1. Plan of discussion
  19. 4.2. The Modern English form and its function
  20. 4.3. The expanded form in early usage: Bede’s Ecclesiastical History
  21. 4.4. Challenge and reconciliation
  22. 4.5. Glancing at Modern English anew
  23. 4.6. Synopsis
  24. Chapter 5. The present perfect
  25. 5.1. Plan of discussion
  26. 5.2. Orientation marks
  27. 5.3. Against tense-based views
  28. 5.4. Toward a non-temporal view of the present perfect
  29. 5.5. Time frames
  30. 5.6. The use of the present perfect in the history of English
  31. 5.7. Synopsis
  32. Chapter 6. The periphrastic do
  33. 6.1. Plan of discussion
  34. 6.2. Introduction
  35. 6.3. The do-periphrasis in affirmative statements
  36. 6.4. The do-periphrasis in negations and questions
  37. 6.5. Case study: A Supplicacyon for the Beggers
  38. 6.6. The development of the do-periphrasis toward present-day English usage
  39. 6.7. Synopsis
  40. Chapter 7. The get-passive
  41. 7.1. Plan of discussion
  42. 7.2. Main-stream concepts and alternatives
  43. 7.3. What’s passive about get + V-ed?
  44. 7.4. Instrumental condition of the get-passive
  45. 7.5. Propositional condition of the get-passive
  46. 7.6. Attachment
  47. 7.7. Case study: S. Terkel, Working. People talk about what they do all day and how they feel about what they do
  48. 7.8. Synopsis
  49. Chapter 8. Putting the results in perspective: Grammar and the Self
  50. 8.1. The major results
  51. 8.2. Subjectification
  52. 8.3. A cultural-historical frame
  53. Notes
  54. References
  55. Index of authors
  56. Index of subjects