UID:
edocfu_9958353730502883
Format:
1 online resource (707p.)
ISBN:
9783110211450
Series Statement:
Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; 34
Content:
The book represents the results of a synchronic and diachronic cross-African survey of quotative indexes. 39 African languages were selected to represent the genealogical and geographical diversity of the continent. It is the first typological investigation of direct reported discourse of this magnitude in a large group of languages. The book will be of interest to linguists working on African languages as well as typologists working on similar studies in other geographical areas.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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List of maps, tables, and figures --
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Abbreviations and conventions --
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Chapter 1. The framework, aim, and data of this --
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study --
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Chapter 2. The internal structure of quotative --
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indexes --
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Chapter 3. Quotative indexes and their linguistic --
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context --
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Chapter 4. Previous research on the history of --
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quotatives and a new approach: mimesis --
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Chapter 5. The origin of quotative indexes --
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Chapter 6. The functional extension of --
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reported-discourse constructions --
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Chapter 7. Grammatical functions unrelated to --
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reported-discourseconstructions --
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Chapter 8. Summary --
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Backmatter
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 978-3-11-018590-4
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110211450
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110211450
