Grammar in Interaction
Subtitle: Adverbial Clauses in American English Conversations (Studies in Interactional Sociolinguistics)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 17, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780521023757
Subjects: Grammar, syntax, linguistic structure; Sociolinguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Language Arts & Disciplines; English; Language; USA; Grammar; English language--United States--Adverbials; English language--United States--Adverbials E; Language Arts & Disciplines / General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar; Linguistics; Adverbials; English language; Social aspects; Spoken English; United States
First sentence: While our understanding of English grammar at the single sentence level is substantial, we are only just beginning to seriously explore patterns of interclausal relations as they are used in naturally occurring language.