Priority Hierarchies in Subject Assignment in English: Cases of Conflation

The theoretical model of Functional (Discourse) Grammar initially developed by Simon C. Dik (1997a/b) stresses the relevance of implicational hierarchies in grammatical operations & claims that these hierarchies, although they present individual properties associated with intrinsic, functional &...

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Published inRevista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses Vol. 18; no. Nov; pp. 247 - 259
Main Author Rodriguez Juarez, Carolina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.11.2005
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English
Functional Grammar
Semantic Relations
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Syntactic Analysis
Syntax Semantics Relationship
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ISSN0214-4808

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Summary:The theoretical model of Functional (Discourse) Grammar initially developed by Simon C. Dik (1997a/b) stresses the relevance of implicational hierarchies in grammatical operations & claims that these hierarchies, although they present individual properties associated with intrinsic, functional & hierarchical constraints, may interact with each other to the extent that some of them could be grouped & reformulated as a single hierarchy gathering properties of different nature. In this paper, we will explore these cases of conflation within the domain of the grammatical operation of Subject assignment in one particular language, viz. English, & will suggest new cases of overlap between some of these priority features which might be appropriate in a descriptive approach to Subject selection in the English language. Tables, References. Adapted from the source document
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ISSN:0214-4808