And -parenthetical clauses
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Yordanka Kavalova
Abstract
The paper focuses on and-parenthetical clauses. It opens with a discussion on their typical places of interpolation and recognises two major types: a) anchored parentheticals and b) floating parentheticals. The and-clauses are then contrasted to coordination proper. The syntactic relation of the parenthetical with the host is examined in the context of the integrated and the unintegrated approaches, but only to demonstrate that none of them is satisfactory. Instead, I refer to the Insertion theory of Ackema and Neeleman (2004) to accommodate andparentheticals. Finally, this paper analyses the speaker’s motivation behind using such cumbersome interruptions and I conclude that it is in line with his aim at optimal relevance. The examples presented in this study are collected from two English corpora.
Abstract
The paper focuses on and-parenthetical clauses. It opens with a discussion on their typical places of interpolation and recognises two major types: a) anchored parentheticals and b) floating parentheticals. The and-clauses are then contrasted to coordination proper. The syntactic relation of the parenthetical with the host is examined in the context of the integrated and the unintegrated approaches, but only to demonstrate that none of them is satisfactory. Instead, I refer to the Insertion theory of Ackema and Neeleman (2004) to accommodate andparentheticals. Finally, this paper analyses the speaker’s motivation behind using such cumbersome interruptions and I conclude that it is in line with his aim at optimal relevance. The examples presented in this study are collected from two English corpora.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- List of contributors ix
- Parentheticals 1
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SYNTAX AND ITS INTERFACES
- Spoken parenthetical clauses in English 25
- Integrated parentheticals and assertional complements 53
- The complement of reduced parentheticals 89
- Long extraction or parenthetical insertion? Evidence from judgement studies 121
- And -parenthetical clauses 145
- On the syntax and semantics of appositive relative clauses 173
- Invisible constituents? Parentheticals as b-merged adverbial phrases 203
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SEMANTICS/PRAGMATICS AND THEIR INTERFACES
- Reduced parenthetical clauses in Romance languages: A pragmatic typology 237
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PROSODY AND ITS INTERFACES
- The relation between syntactic and prosodic parenthesis 261
- Quieter, faster, lower, and set off by pauses? Reflections on prosodic aspects of parenthetical constructions in modern German 285
- Name Index 309
- Subject Index 311
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface vii
- List of contributors ix
- Parentheticals 1
-
SYNTAX AND ITS INTERFACES
- Spoken parenthetical clauses in English 25
- Integrated parentheticals and assertional complements 53
- The complement of reduced parentheticals 89
- Long extraction or parenthetical insertion? Evidence from judgement studies 121
- And -parenthetical clauses 145
- On the syntax and semantics of appositive relative clauses 173
- Invisible constituents? Parentheticals as b-merged adverbial phrases 203
-
SEMANTICS/PRAGMATICS AND THEIR INTERFACES
- Reduced parenthetical clauses in Romance languages: A pragmatic typology 237
-
PROSODY AND ITS INTERFACES
- The relation between syntactic and prosodic parenthesis 261
- Quieter, faster, lower, and set off by pauses? Reflections on prosodic aspects of parenthetical constructions in modern German 285
- Name Index 309
- Subject Index 311
