A Note on a Potential Textual Feature of Putative Should

• Authors: Libuše Dušková
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper deals with the use of putative should which alternates with the indicative in nominal that-clauses functioning as the subject. These clauses mostly occur in extraposition irrespective of their new or given content. The paper raises the question whether this use of should can be considered a device of indicating the function of the that-clause in the information structure of the whole sentence.

Keywords

EN

PUTATIVE SHOULD; FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE; NOMINAL THAT AND WH-CLAUSES; EXTRAPOSITION; WORD ORDER

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Linguistica Pragensia
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 82-88

Contributors

author

Libuše Dušková

• Linguistica Pragensia- redakce, Ústav pro jazyk český AV ČR, v.v.i., Letenská 4, 118 51 Praha 1, Czech Republic

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