Transitivity and discourse continuity in Chamorro narratives / by Ann M. Cooreman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cooreman, Ann M., 1957-

Series:

Empirical approaches to language typology ; 4.

Empirical approaches to language typology ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chamorro language--Transitivity.

Chamorro language.

Chamorro language--Discourse analysis.

Chamorro language--Passive voice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 245 pages)

Edition:

Reprint 2011

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No detailed description available for "Transitivity and Discourse Continuity in Chamorro Narratives".

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: Methodology

Chapter Three: Chamorro morphology and syntax

Chapter Four: The role of topicality in a general comparison of the coding devices of transitive propositions

Chapter Five: Functional analysis of passives in Chamorro

Chapter Six: A functional look at the antipassive

Chapter Seven: Complex sentence constructions

Chapter Eight: Discourse organization and paragraph thematicity

Chapter Nine: Conclusions

Appendix A : Sample story

Appendix Β: List of abbreviations

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references. (p. [229]-240) and index.

ISBN:

9783110851014

3110851016

OCLC:

873018432