Specification of circumstances: Chapter 8. Where, when and how

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Chapter 8
Where, when and how

Published online: 24 October 2024

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8.1Going beyond “who does what to whom”
8.2Constructions situating an event with respect to location and time
- 8.2.1Different ways of expressing similar meanings
- 8.2.2Point of location
- 8.2.3Time
8.3Constructions detailing the way the action described is carried out
8.4Constructions that situate the event described within the domain of causation and interrelatedness of ‘things’
8.5Constructions that express an assessment of the event described by the speaker
8.6Constructions that situate the event described within the text
8.7The gradient character of these distinctions
8.8The syntactic status of adjunct constructions
- 8.8.1Integration in sentences and utterances
- 8.8.2Adjunct constructions
- 8.8.3point in time and point of location as adjuncts or arguments
- 8.8.4change-of-location constructions and multiple realization
- 8.8.5The (ir)relevance of the argument vs. adjunct distinction
- 8.8.6Vocatives
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