Synopsis
This part of UGE offers a survey of English syntax in 10 chapters. Syntax is mainly seen from a semantic viewpoint, which explains the choice of the various problem areas, viz. Statements, Questions and Directives (M. Snell-Hornby, Zürich), Modality (N.Y. Suzuki, Yokohama), Time and Tense (L.K. Engels et al., Leuven; B. Kortmann, Hannover; R. Dirven, Duisburg), Reference: Determiners (R. Dirven, Duisburg, Richard A. Geiger, GDuisburg, Richard A. Geiger, Göttingen), Reference: Relatives (W. Block, Hamburg), Semantic Roles (G. Radden, Hamburg) Complementation (I. Horiguchi, Tokyo), Space Prepositions (R. Dirven, Duisburg), Figurative Use of Prepositions (G. Radden, Hamburg) and Adverbials (A. Brisau, Ghent).
About the Author
Roslyn M. Frank, University of Iowa, USA; Rene Dirven, University of Duisburg, Germany; Tom Ziemke, University of Skovde, Sweden; Enrique Bernardez, Universidad Complutense Madrid, Spain.
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