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Publication details [#3932]

Green, Georgia M. 1980. Some wherefores of English inversions. Language 56 (3) : 582–601.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ease of processing | inversion | style | syntactic construction | word order

Language as a subject

English

Annotation

G. claims that non-canonical constructions such as 'Outside stood an angel' (vs. 'An angel stood outside') allow language users to exploit alternative word orders for multiple reasons, ranging from the facilitation of encoding to the creation of specific rhetorical effects.