UID:
almafu_9959240244202883
Format:
1 online resource (526 p.)
ISBN:
1-283-23397-5
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9786613233974
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90-272-8201-3
Series Statement:
Studies in language companion series (SLCS), v. 29
Content:
This collection of papers offers an alternative to mainstream functional linguistics on two points. Especially in American linguistics, function and structure are often viewed almost as polar opposites; in addition, structure is often understood as being only a matter of linguistic form - or expression - as opposed to content. The book tries to illustrate why function and structure must be understood as mutually dependent in relation to language - and why the most interesting aspect of language structure is the way it structures the content side of language. In this, the book represents a reaf
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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CONTENT, EXPRESSION AND STRUCTURE STUDIES IN DANISH FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Is there a passive in Nahuatl?; Grammaticalized focus in Yukagir. Is it really grammaticalized and is it really focus?; Iconic motivations in conflict. Language-specific structure and influence from the medium; The syntax of Danish verbs. Lexical and syntactic transitivity; From lexical potential to syntactic realization. A Danish verb valency model
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Danish directional adverbs. Content syntax and complex predicates: A case for host and co-predicatesDanish passives andsubjectpositions as a mood system. A content analysis; Informationstructure and the anatomy of noun phrases. The expression of subject and object in Danish noun phrases; Topiccontinuity and prosody. An experimental study in Danish; Discourse particles in Danish; Eh bien: Markerof comparison and contrast; The degrammaticalization of agentivity in Tlapanec; The functions of locative prepositions
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Communicative function and language-specific structure in second language acquisition. A discussion of natural sequences of acquisitionTheoretical considerations; Linguistic structure in a functional grammar; Iconicity and arbitrariness; Paradigmaticstructure, word order and grammaticalization; Subject index; Index of names
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-3032-3
Language:
English
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