{"product_id":"the-discourse-function-of-inversion-in-english-9781138967755","title":"The Discourse Function of Inversion in English","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Betty Birner\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1997. This dissertation presents a discourse-functional account of English inversion, based on an empirical study of natural language data. The central finding is that inversion is subject to a pragmatic constraint on the information status of its constituents; specifically, the information represented by the preposed constituent must be at least as familiar within the discourse as is that represented by the postposed constituent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237274083479,"sku":"9781138967755","price":4496.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138967755.webp?v=1769216084","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-discourse-function-of-inversion-in-english-9781138967755","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}