A Descriptive Syntax of the Peterborough Chronicle from 1122-1154

David L. Shores

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9789027916136
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110806410
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Grammar & Punctuation
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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Table of contents

• Preface
• List of Tables
• 1. Introduction
• 1.1. The Problem
• 1.2. The Text and Corpus
• 1.3. Importance of the Study
• 1.4. Related Research
• 1.5. Previous Studies of The Peterborough Chronicle
• 1.6. Edition of the Text
• 1.7. General Procedure of the Analysis
• 1.8. Explanation of Basic Concepts used in the Description
• 1.9. The Presentation of the Data
• 2. Primary Clause-Level Tagmemes
• 2.1. The Subject Tagmeme
• 2.2. The Predicator Tagmeme
• 2.3. The Direct Object Tagmeme
• 2.4. The Object Complement Tagmeme
• 2.5. The Indirect Object Tagmeme
• 2.6. The Subject Complement Tagmeme
• 2.7. General Conclusions
• 3. The Order of Primary Clause-Level Tagmemes
• 3.1. Group 1 (Subject and Predicator)
• 3.2. Group 2 (Subject, Predicator, and Direct Object)
• 3.3 Group 3 (Subject, Predicator, and Subject Complement)
• 3.4 Group 4 (Subject, Predicator, Indirect Object, and Direct Object)
• 3.5. Subjectless Clause Patterns
• 3.6. The Coordinated Predication Patterns
• 3.7. The Relative Order of Primary Tagmemes in Combinations of Two
• 3.8. General Conclusions
• 4. Secondary Clause-Level Tagmemes
• 4.1. Description of the Clause-Level Adverbial Tagmemes
• 4.2. Linear Ordering of Adverbial Tagmemes
• 4.3. General Conclusions
• 5. Modified-Head Phrases
• 5.1. Part I: The Adjectival Modifiers
• 5.2. The Modified-Noun Phrase
• 5.3. Other Modified-Head Phrases
• 5.4. Special Modifying Relationships
• 5.5. Part II: The Adverbial Modifiers
• 5.6. The Modified-Verb Phrase
• 5.7. Other Modified-Head Phrases
• 5.8. General Conclusions
• 6. The Relationship and Joining of Clauses
• 6.1. Types and Levels of Dependent Clauses
• 6.2. Functions of Dependent Clauses
• 6.3. The Parenthetical Clause
• 6.4. Coordination of T-units
• 6.5. Parataxis
• 6.6. Correlation
• 6.7. General Conclusions
• 7. Summary and Conclusions
• Bibliography
• Index