Click Here to Download: https://ouo.io/aJM61f Argument and Rhetoric Adverbial Connectors in the History of English By: Ursula Lenker Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton Print ISBN: 9783110205589, 3110205580 eText ISBN: 9783110216066, 311021606X Edition: 1st Copyright year: 2010 Format: PDF Available from $ 114.99 USD SKU 9783110216066 The book is the first corpus-based study giving a comprehensive overview of English items which have been used as adverbial connectors ('conjuncts', 'linking adverbials'), from Old English to Present-Day English. The author analyses different characteristics of the make-up, functions and use of connectives, and considers morphological and syntactic factors as well as pragmatic, textlinguistic and socio-cultural aspects.