Clause combining in grammar and discourse / edited by John Haiman and Sandra A. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haiman, John.

Thompson, Sandra A.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 18.

Typological studies in language ; v. 18

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Clauses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (456 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Traditionally the study of syntax is restricted to the study of what goes on within the boundaries of the prosodic sentence. Although the nature of clause combining within a prosodic sentence has always been a central concern of traditional syntax (in GG, e.g. it underlies important research on deletion and anaphora), work within a discourse analysis framework has hardly been done. Analyses like this are given in the present volume.

Contents:

CLAUSE COMBINING IN GRAMMAR AND DISCOURSE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; Linkingintonation units in spoken English; A syntactic correlate of topicality in Newari narrative; Inconsequential clauses in Hua and the typology of clauses; Concessive clauses in English and Romance; Clause integration in German and Dutchconditionals, concessive conditionals,and concessives; Presentational cleft constructions in spoken French; Towards a typology of clause linkage; Subordination in Tauya

Sequential chaining and discourse structure in GodieThe structure of discourse and 'subordination'; The grammaticization of coordination; The discourse function of clause-chaining; Nominalization and assertion in scientific Russian prose; INDEX OF LANGUAGES; INDEX OF NAMES

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

1-283-31373-1

9786613313737

90-272-7859-8

OCLC:

756484574