English detached adjectival constructions with an explicit subject: A quantitative corpus-based analysis
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Abstract This article reports on the quantitative corpus-based investigation into form-function interplay of English detached adjectival construction with an explicit subject. Taking Usage-based Construction Grammar as its theoretical framework, this paper investigates patterns attraction lexical items that appear in main slots grammatical construction. The data obtained substantiate constructional status and determine semantic functional specification present-day English.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Jazykovedný ?asopis
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0021-5597', '1338-4287']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jazcas-2021-0043