Unexpressed subjects in english: an empirical analysis of narrative and conversational discourse
Auteur :
Lindstrom, Amy M.
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9781793604613
Date de publication :
3 févr. 2020
Dimensions :
23,3 x 16,7 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
386 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In this corpus-based, variationist study, Amy M. Lindstrom demonstrates that unexpressed subjects in English warrant attention as a deliberate, strategic device in discourse, where patterns of distribution challenge the assumption that subject expression is obligatory.