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Discourse grammar and typology : papers in honor of John W.M. Verhaar / edited by Werner Abraham, T. Givón, Sandra A. Thompson.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in language companion series ; v. 27.
- Studies in language companion series, 0165-7763 ; v. 27
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Typology (Linguistics).
- Discourse analysis.
- Language and culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia [Pa.] : J. Benjamins, c1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume combines papers selected for their affinity with work on discourse analysis and language typology. The methodological platform is the authors' conviction that all linguistic work needs to be empirical in the sense that (1) generalizations are to be made on the basis of spoken texts in larger contexts, (2) generalizations are correct only as long as pertinent linguistic material does not contradict them, and (3) that linguistic categories and rules are of a temporal nature. In this sense, the contributions represent 'functional typological' comparison, often of languages not frequen
- Contents:
- section 1. Transitvity and voice
- section 2. Clausal modality
- section 3. Typology and discourse categories
- section 4. Language and culture
- section 5. Functionality.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 90-272-8573-X
- 1-283-09262-X
- 9786613092625
- OCLC:
- 713026386
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