On relative clauses and locative expressions in English existential sentences
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14962467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Leiv Egil Breivik (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Pages | 211-230 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-05 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Pragmatics Quarterly Publication of the International Pragmatics Association (IPrA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1018-2101 • E-ISSN: 2406-4238 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/prag.13.2.01bre |
| OpenAlex | W2164825088 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
In an influential paper, Fox & Thompson (1990) argue that the grammar of relative clauses in spoken American English is affected by interactive and cognitive factors pertaining to the communication situation. Existential sentences containing a relative clause as well as an overt locative expression figure prominently in their analysis. The present paper examines Fox & Thompson’s analysis of such sentences in the light of a wide range of data. It is shown that the generalizations they make on the basis of their limited corpus (25 tokens) rest on false premises. Their analysis fails to take account of some of the most salient properties inherent in existential sentences in all varieties of English; it also disregards relevant cross-linguistic data. An alternative analysis is offered
Cognition · Cognitive grammar · English grammar · Epistemology · Existentialism · Expression (computer science · Grammar · Linguistics · Locative case · Relative clause · Salient · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence
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Word Order in Discourse
Voice and Inversion
Cognitive constraints on information flow
The ZPG Letter
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A Comprehensive grammar of the English language
Introduction to Theoretical Linguistics
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language
Functional Sentence Perspective in Written and Spoken Communication
The discourse functions of Yiddish expletive es + subject-postposing
Existential There
There Sentences in English
Existential Sentences
Word Order in Discourse
Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things
Formal semantics of natural language
Identificational Focus versus Information Focus
Cognitive Status and the Form of Referring Expressions in Discourse
Extraposition and Focus
Discourse Analysis
Transitivity in Grammar and Discourse
A Discourse Explanation of the Grammar of Relative Clauses in English Conversation
Contrast, Discourse Prominence, and Intensification, with Special Reference to Locally Free Reflexives in British English
On the Interpretation of Existential There
Definiteness and Existentials
Syntax
Pragmatics
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |