From Syntax to Text: The Janus Face of Functional Sentence Perspective - Softcover

Dusková, Libuse

 
9788024628790: From Syntax to Text: The Janus Face of Functional Sentence Perspective
Softcover
ISBN 10: 8024628791 ISBN 13: 9788024628790
Publisher: Karolinum Press, Charles University, 2015

Synopsis

The volume deals with the interaction between syntax, informational structure (or functional sentence perspective), and text in present-day English and Czech. Libuše Dušková focuses on the two facets of functional sentence perspective: syntactic structures as carriers of informational structure functions and the connection of functional sentence perspective within the level of text. Functional sentence perspective is investigated as a potential factor of syntactic divergence between English and Czech, and the role of functional sentence perspective is examined with respect to theme development, text build-up, and style. Other topics include the hierarchical relationship between syntax and functional sentence perspective and general and specific questions of word order, with major attention paid to the role of semantics.

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About the Author

Libuše Dušková is professor emeritus and was a long-term head of the Department of English Language, Faculty of Arts, at Charles University, Prague.

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Publisher
Karolinum Press, Charles University
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
8024628791
ISBN 13 
9788024628790
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
400