Using a unified methodological and theoretical framework, this book compares interpersonal grammar systems across different languages.
The book is mainly of interest to linguistics researchers in the areas of syntax, semantics and pragmatics as well as to graduate students with a focus on these fields.
Aspects of Interpersonal Grammar: Grounding, Modality and Evidentiality
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The effect of this kind of grammatical metaphor is different from grammatical metaphor in the interpersonal metafunction discussed earlier. This follows naturally from the kinds of meanings at stake in each metafunction: interpersonal ...
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Together they constitute the interpersonal metafunction of language and context. ... Transferring grammatical forms from one metafunction to another like this is an example of interpersonal grammatical metaphor – that is, ...
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The work offers an analysis of the imperative, the periphrastic imperative, and the directive infinitive in Polish, with focus on how these grammatical structures are used in context to achieve particular kinds of interactive and ...
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