Impersonal Constructions: A cross-linguistic perspective

This volume offers a much needed typological perspective on impersonal constructions, which are here viewed broadly as constructions lacking a referential subject. The contributions to this volume deal with all types of impersonality, namely constructions featuring nonagentive subjects, including those with experiential predicates (A-impersonals), presentational constructions with a notional subject deficient in topicality (T-impersonals), and constructions with a notional subject lacking in referential properties (R-impersonals), i.e. both meteo-constructions and man-constructions

NOTIONAL SYLLABUSES

A taxonomy and its relevance to foreign language curriculum development.The author’s ideas about syllabus design are seminal to the current debate on the need for a new, communication – oriented approach to language teaching. NOTIONAL SYLLABUSES will stimulate thought and experiments in the field of syllabus design, and will be of wide interest among educationalists as well as applied linguists.