Discourse Grammar and Typology : Papers in Honor of John W.M. Verhaar / edited by Werner Abraham, T. Givón, Sandra A. Thompson.
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...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
©1995.
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| Series: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 27. |
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| Genre/Form: | Festschriften |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 352 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027285737 902728573X |
| ISSN: | 0165-7763 ; |