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1.3 Organization of the Book |
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4 | (3) |
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2 Absolute Clauses in the Literature |
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2.1 What Is Absolute Clause |
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2.2 Types of Absolute Construction |
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2.2.1 Free Adjunct Construction |
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2.2.2 Nominative Absolute Construction |
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2.2.3 Augmented Absolute Construction |
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2.2.4 Differences and Similarities |
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2.3 Logical Roles of Absolute Clauses |
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15 | (6) |
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2.4 The Case of Absolute Clauses |
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21 | (3) |
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2.5 Stylistic Effects of Absolute Clauses |
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24 | (1) |
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2.6 Questions to Be Answered |
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25 | (6) |
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27 | (4) |
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3 Approaching Absolute Clauses from the SFL Perspective |
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31 | (22) |
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31 | (1) |
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3.2 Functional Structure of Clause |
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32 | (3) |
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3.2.1 Transitivity Structure |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Thematic and Information Structures |
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35 | (1) |
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3.3 Functional Structure of Clause Complex |
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35 | (3) |
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3.4 Rank Status of Absolute Clauses |
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38 | (5) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (3) |
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3.5 Formation Requirement and Identification Criteria of Absolute Clauses |
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3.5.1 Formation Requirement |
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43 | (2) |
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3.5.2 Identification Criteria |
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45 | (5) |
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50 | (3) |
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51 | (2) |
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53 | (12) |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (4) |
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60 | (5) |
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63 | (2) |
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5 Relationships Realized by Absolute Clauses |
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65 | (1) |
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5.2 Relation Potential of Absolute Clauses |
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66 | (2) |
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5.2.1 Relation System Network |
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66 | (1) |
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67 | (1) |
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5.3 Dependent Absolute Clauses |
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68 | (15) |
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68 | (8) |
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76 | (7) |
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5.4 Embedded Absolute Clauses |
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5.4.1 Classification of Non-finite Verbs |
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84 | (2) |
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86 | (8) |
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5.5 Continuing Absolute Clauses |
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5.6 Independence of Absolute Clauses |
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5.6.1 Dimensions of Independence of Absolute Clauses |
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98 | (2) |
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5.6.2 Independent Tendency of Absolute Clauses |
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100 | (5) |
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105 | (2) |
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6 Absolute Clauses Distributed in Three Corpora |
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107 | (1) |
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6.2 Research Based on Brown Family Corpora |
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108 | (15) |
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6.2.1 Overall Distributions |
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109 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Functional Distribution |
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112 | (4) |
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6.2.3 Personal Pronoun Subject and Its Case Choice |
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116 | (6) |
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6.3 BNC-Based Observations |
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123 | (9) |
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126 | (6) |
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6.4 COHA-Based Observations |
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6.4.1 Functional Distribution of Overall Frequency |
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132 | (3) |
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6.4.2 Historical: Overall Frequency |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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6.4.4 The Case of Personal Pronoun Subject |
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137 | (5) |
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142 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (16) |
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143 | (5) |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (3) |
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156 | (3) |
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157 | (2) |
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159 | (6) |
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8.1 Main Findings of This Research |
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159 | (2) |
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8.2 Limitations and Further Research |
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161 | (4) |
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161 | (1) |
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162 | (2) |
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Appendix A TreeTagger POS Tagset |
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165 | (2) |
Appendix B Tables of Corpus Data Statistics |
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167 | (8) |
Appendix C Corpus Retrieving Demonstration |
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