Purpose Clauses: Syntax, Thematics, and Semantics of English Purpose Constructions

by Charles Jones

The purpose clause is a common fonn of adverbial modification in English. The bracketed phrases below are purpose clauses, and they look and sound unremarkable. We hear and see these things all the time. John came to play with the children] to play with] I brought John along Insofar as purpose clauses appear to be adverbial, they frequently occupy a relatively low place on the scale of important things for syntactic theory to address itself to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9401055378
• ISBN13: 9789401055376
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"