Colloquial English Structure and Variation 1st Edition by Andrew Radford ISBN 9781108588621 110858862X

1 Background

1.1 Introduction

1.2 S„-,„ S’- and S”-analyses

1.3 CP Analyses

1.4 The Cartographic Approach

1.5 Truncated Clauses

1.6 Summary

2 Topics

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Three Types of Topic in Colloquial English

2.3 The Derivation of Topics

2.4 Multiple Topic Structures

2.5 Topics and Complementisers

2.6 Topics and Other Peripheral Non„-wh„ Constituents

2.7 Topics in Wh„-interrogatives„ and Exclamatives

2.8 Topics in Relative Clauses

2.9 Summary

3 Complementisers

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Primary Spellout

3.3 Secondary Spellout

3.4 Complementisers in Embedded Wh-clauses

3.5 Complementisers in Root Clauses

3.6 The Nature of Complementiser Spellout

3.7 Summary

3.8 Appendix: Complementisers in Adverbial Clauses

4 How come?

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Zwicky & Zwicky’s Reduction Analysis

4.3 Collins’ Complementiser Analysis

4.4 Ochi’s Spec„-CP„ Analysis

4.5 Shlonsky & Soare’s INTP Analysis

4.6 Endo’s FINP Analysis

4.7 A Factive Analysis of how come that

4.8 Other how come Questions

4.9 Summary

4.10 Appendix: Questionnaire on how come

Epilogue

References

Index