Non-SVO constructions in English
Some pragmatic and functional considerations
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11396015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elena Martínez Caro (0000-0001-6064-9395, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 115 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-30 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0214-4808 • E-ISSN: 2171-861X |
| Publisher | Universidad de Alicante Servicio de Publicaciones (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14198/raei.1993.6.11 |
| OpenAlex | W2153681545 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
The purpose of this study is to consider those structures in English which do not exhibit a canonical order, that is an SVO constituent order (considered as the basic and dominant order for English) and the principles which can explain their existence in the language. In the first section we identify these non-SVO constructions in English and in the second we look at some of the pragmatic and functional factors underlying these structures, including notions like theme, verb-object bonding, animatedness, accessibility of the linguistic material and others. To conclude, we postulate that any exhaustive study of word order should present not only a functional and pragmatic dimension but also a more formal one, which would include typological and diachronic factors
Dimension (graph theory · Linguistics · Object (grammar · Order (exchange · Pure mathematics · Section (typography · Theme (computing · Verb · Word order · Computer Science · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Second Language Acquisition and Learning
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |