UID:
almahu_9949179328802882
Format:
1 online resource (375 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
90-272-8573-X
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1-283-09262-X
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9786613092625
Series Statement:
Studies in language companion series, v. 27
Content:
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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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section 1. Transitvity and voice -- section 2. Clausal modality -- section 3. Typology and discourse categories -- section 4. Language and culture -- section 5. Functionality.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 90-272-3030-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-55619-379-3
Language:
English
