Identifying absolute subjects: A systemic functional approach
The absolute subject refers to the subject of absolute nominative clauses in traditional grammar. It can be either nominative or accusative. Corpora data show that the number of nominatives has been decreasing, and that of accusatives, increasing over time. Absolute nominative clauses of appositive,...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-01-01
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| Series: | Ampersand |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215039015000065 |