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1.1 Medial Placement of Linking Adverbials in Present-Day English |
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1.3 Structure of the Study |
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2.1 The Category Adverbial': Overview |
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2.1.1 Characteristic Features |
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2.1.2 Classification of Adverbials |
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2.1.3 Adverbial Positions |
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2.1.3.2 Medial Position(s) |
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2.2 General Characteristics |
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2.5 Positional Distribution |
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3 Interplay between Adverbial Placement and Information Structure |
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3.1 Information Structure |
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3.1.2 Basic Terms and Concepts |
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3.1.2.1 The Topic-Comment Distinction |
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3.1.2.2 Frame-Setting and Delimitation |
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3.1.2.4 Information Status |
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3.1.3 Information Structure after the Loss of V2 |
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3.1.4 Focusing Adverbs and Information-Packaging Constructions |
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3.1.4.2 Information-Packaging Constructions |
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3.1.5 The `Nacherstposition' in Present-Day German as a Focusing Strategy |
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3.2 Adverbial Placement and Information Structure |
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3.2.1 Positioning of Circumstance and Stance Adverbials |
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3.2.2 Positioning of Linking Adverbials |
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3.2.2.1 Reference Grammars and Style Guides/Usage Manuals |
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3.2.2.2 Previous Research |
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4.1.1 The Reith Lectures of the BBC |
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4.1.2 The BNC and the COCA |
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4.2 Selection Process and Data Retrieval of the Linking Adverbials Investigated in the Present Study |
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98 | (3) |
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4.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses |
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101 | (8) |
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102 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Analysis of Information Structure |
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5 Positional Distribution of Linking Adverbials in Written Academic English: Overview |
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6 The Central Case of however. Usage Patterns and Functions |
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6.2 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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6.3 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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6.4 Functions in Medial Position Ml |
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6.5 Functions in Medial Positions M2-M3 |
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6.6 Functions in Medial Positions M4-M9 |
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6.11 Special Syntactic Constructions |
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7 By contrast, in contrast, on the contrary, and on the other hand: Usage Patterns and Functions |
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7.1 By contrast, in contrast, on the contrary, and on the other hand |
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7.2 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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7.3 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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7.4 Functions in Medial Positions |
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8 nevertheless: Usage Patterns and Functions |
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181 | (6) |
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8.2 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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8.3 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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8.4 Functions in Medial Positions |
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9 Therefore and thus: Usage Patterns and Functions |
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187 | (14) |
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9.2 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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9.3 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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9.4 Functions in Medial Positions |
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10 In other words and in short Usage Patterns and Functions |
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10.1 In other words and in short |
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10.2 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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10.3 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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10.4 Functions in Medial Positions |
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11 Furthermore and Moreover. Usage Patterns and Functions |
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11.1 Furthermore and Moreover |
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11.2 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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210 | (2) |
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11.3 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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212 | (1) |
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11.4 Functions in Medial Positions |
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12 Factors Influencing the Variation between Initial and Medial Position |
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217 | (10) |
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12.2 Individual Author Preferences |
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218 | (2) |
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12.3 The Role of Style Guides and/or Usage Manuals |
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220 | (1) |
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12.4 The Role of Discipline Conventions |
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221 | (6) |
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13 Medially-Placed Markers of Epistemicity and Evidentiality: Usage Patterns and Functions |
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13.1 Epistemic Modality and Evidentiality |
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228 | (1) |
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13.3 Medially-Placed / think, I believe, and it seems |
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13.3.1 Definition of'parenthetical' and `comment clause' |
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13.3.2 Functions of J think, I believe, and it seems |
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238 | (4) |
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13.3.3 Positional Distribution: Overview |
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242 | (3) |
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13.3.4 Formal Realization of the Subject Constituent |
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245 | (1) |
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13.3.5 Functions in Medial Positions |
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246 | (7) |
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13.3.6 Phrases other than I believe, I think, and it seems |
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253 | (5) |
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13.4 Medially-Placed Reporting Clauses |
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258 | (7) |
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13.4.2 Functions in Medial Positions |
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Appendix A ToBI Labels Used in the Present Study |
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289 | (2) |
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Appendix B Overview of Linking Adverbials and Comment Clauses Included in the Present Study |
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291 | (2) |
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Appendix C Parenthetical I think, I believe, and it seems |
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C.1 Positional Distribution as Attested in each Dataset |
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293 | (1) |
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C.2 Individual Medial Positions |
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294 | (5) |
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Appendix D The Reith Lectures of the BBC |
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