ENGLISH ALTERNATIVE INTERROGATIVE STRUCTURES – CONSTITUENTS AND FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE CLAUSE
ENGLISH ALTERNATIVE INTERROGATIVE STRUCTURES – CONSTITUENTS AND FUNCTIONS WITHIN THE CLAUSE
Author(s): Velichka Lyubomirova SpasovaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Syntax
Published by: Шуменски университет »Епископ Константин Преславски«
Keywords: English alternative interrogative structures; constituents; grammatical functions; direct object; adjunct; subject-oriented predicative complement
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the qualitative and quantitative results from a corpus-based research into the constituents of English alternative interrogative structures (EAISs) and their grammatical functions within the clause. The study has shown that the most typical functions of the EAISs are those of direct object, adjunct and subject-oriented predicative complement. The EAISs often represent a binary unmixed coordination of noun phrases, prepositional phrases or (closed) interrogative subordinate clauses. However, there are also EAISs whose constituents belong to different syntactic categories. Still other EAISs have their final constituent unexpressed. The constituents most often occur within the boundaries of the same sentence.
Journal: Годишник на Шуменския университет "Епископ Константин Преславски". Факултет по хуманитарни науки
- Issue Year: XXXIII/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 184-190
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English