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2 - Non-finiteness in the Literature

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2022

Bingjun Yang
Bingjun Yang
Affiliation:
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
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Summary

As perhaps the most comprehensive review of non-finiteness so far, Chapter 2 starts by reviewing the mentions of non-finiteness in the early history of English grammar writing (from 1785), then it digs into the studies of non-finiteness in the following theories: morphology-based traditional grammar, typological perspective, form-based generative grammar, meaning-based cognitive grammar, meaning- and form-based systemic functional grammar, semiotic grammar, role and reference grammar, functional discourse grammar, construction grammar and other approaches. A summary of the enlightening views is provided at the end of the chapter.

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historicaltypologicalgenerativecognitivesystemic functionalsemioticfunctional
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Non-Finiteness
A Process-Relation Perspective
 , pp. 9 - 67
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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