Subjects in English: From Valency Grammar to a Constructionist Treatment of Non-Canonical Subjects

The Purpose Of The Book Is Twofold. First It Tries To Give A Descriptive Account Of Subjects In English. The Second Aim Is To Elucidate The Status Of The Subject Both As A Concept In Grammatical Theory And With Regard To The Question Whether The Subject Is Determined By Item-specific Arbitrary Formal Restrictions In The Same Way As Postverbal Complements Of The Verb Have Been Shown To Be. -- Page 4 Of Cover.