Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. List of abbreviations ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Theoretical issues
7. Chapter 1. Co-eventive adjuncts: main issues and clarifications 21
8. Chapter 2. Closed adjuncts: degrees of pertinence 55
9. Chapter 3. Open adjuncts: participial syntax 93
10. Chapter 4. Open adjuncts: degrees of event integration 131
11. Chapter 5. Competing structures: the discourse perspective 179
12. Part II: Language-specific case studies
13. CHAPTER 6.1. Possessive absolutes in English and their Norwegian correspondences 229
14. CHAPTER 6.2. On absolutes in French, German, and Norwegian 259
15. Chapter 7. Open verb-headed adjuncts in New Testament Greek and the Latin of the Vulgate 287
16. Chapter 8. The meaning of Russian converbs 323
17. Chapter 9. Participant- and event-oriented adjectival adjuncts in translation German-Norwegian 363
18. Chapter 10. German wobei-clauses in translation 391
19. Summary and final discussion 423
20. References 439
21. Index 453
22. Contributors 456