From Syntax to Text The Janus Face of Functional Sentence Perspective

Dusková, Libuse

ISBN 10: 8024628791 / ISBN 13: 9788024628790

Published by Karolinum, 2015

About this Item

bilingual edition. 388 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Syntax to Text The Janus Face of Functional Sentence Perspective
• Publisher: Karolinum
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8024628791
• ISBN 13: 9788024628790
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.61 kilograms

About this title

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.

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.