Interrogativity : a colloquium on the grammar, typology, and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th, 1981-May 3rd, 1982 / William S. Chisholm, editor ; Louis T. Milic, associate editor ; John A.C. Greppin, consulting editor.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Chisholm, William.

Milic, Louis Tonko.

Greppin, John A. C.

Conference Name:

Colloquium on Interrogativity (1981-1982 : Cleveland State University)

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 4.

Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Interrogative--Congresses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (308 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a comparative study on the subject of interrogativity, presenting broad and narrow attributes on this subject in diverse languages: Russian, Mandarin, Georgian, Bengali, Bantu, Japanese, West Greenlandic and Ute. Each contribution presents, first the basic facts about the language in question, its more recent provenience, facts about numbers of speakers, writing systems, and related areal and sociolinguistic points. An overview of the typological hallmarks follows together with a sketch of the grammar broadly construed. Finally, the grammar of interrogativity is described and the seman

Contents:

Introduction

Interrogativity in : Russian / Bernard Comrie. Mandarin / Charles N. Li & Sandra A. Thompson. Georgian / Alice C. Harris. Bengali / P.K. Saha. Japanese / John Hinds. West Greenlandic / Jerrold M. Sadock. Ute / T. Givón

Plenary session (including T. Givón: The speech-act continuum).

Notes:

Written versions of talks presented at the Colloquium on Interrogativity.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31409-6

9786613314093

90-272-7991-8

OCLC:

756484612