Experimental Investigations on the Syntax and Usage of Fragments
This book investigates the syntax and usage of fragments (Morgan 1973), apparently subsentential utterances like'A coffee, please!'which fulfill the same communicative function as the corresponding full sentence'I'd like to have a coffee, please!'. Even though such utterances are frequently used, th...
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Language Science Press
2021
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