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The Comment Clause in English: Syntactic Origins and Pragmatic Development - Studies in English Language Brinton, Laurel J. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
The Comment Clause in English: Syntactic Origins and Pragmatic Development - Studies in English Language
Brinton, Laurel J. (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
English comment clauses such as I think and you know have been widely studied in present-day English. This study, however, constitutes the first full-length treatment of the history of comment clauses in the English language, and proposes a varied and complex conception of their development.
298 pages, 9 tables
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 20, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521886734 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 300 |
| Dimensions | 189 × 230 × 24 mm · 612 g |
| Language | English |