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Autor:
Toril Swan
Publikováno v:
Nordlit: Tidsskrift i litteratur og kultur, Vol 3, Iss 2 (1999)
The paper analyzes Rushdie's rhetorical use of adverbials and metaphors, in particular his rhetorical use of adverbials. The adverbs in question function rhetorically in three, partly overlapping ways. They are frequently metaphorical, and even if st
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https://doaj.org/article/53dc285741ed402a9a9e1d3b2f32196e
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insight
Autor:
Toril Swan, Olaf J. Westvik
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks, as well as studies that provide new insight
This chapter concerns the role played by women in the history of linguistics in the Nordic countries: Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Our main focus is on the period from the mid-sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century, a peri
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https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::97d57240c14fea9469178c03e7826114
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198754954.003.0010
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198754954.003.0010
Autor:
Leiv Egil Breivik, Toril Swan
Publikováno v:
English Studies. 92:679-692
In an earlier work published in 1988, Toril Swan investigated the development of sentence adverbials (from lesser-scope adverbials such as manner adverbials) in the history of English, specifically in terms of their being grammaticalizations of what
Autor:
Kristin Killie, Toril Swan
Publikováno v:
English Language and Linguistics. 13:337-363
The present article discusses the development of adverbial -ingclauses, so-called ‘converb clauses’, in English. We argue that Middle English does not have a category of truly subordinate adverbial clauses in -ing, but that such clauses have deve
Autor:
Toril Swan
Publikováno v:
English Studies. 90:460-475
The present paper will investigate the role of the body in the conceptualization of human mental qualities and emotions, in particular focusing on the heart as a cultural concept in the history of ...
Autor:
Toril Swan
Publikováno v:
Nordic Journal of Linguistics. 20:179-195
The paper discusses the process of adverbialization in English, focusing on one type of adverb, subject-modifier adverbs such as sadly, thoughtfully and pinkly. It is also shown that the -ly suffix in English (unlike its cognates in the other Germani