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yhteensä 12 hakutulosta
Discourse Description
Discourse Description presents in one convenient volume a variety of approaches to text description that have been proposed in the linguistic literature in the last decade or so. …
Reference Grammar of Wappo
Wappo is an indigenous language, generally regarded as a language isolate, which was once spoken in the Russian River Valley, just north of San Francisco, California. This …
Language of Turn and Sequence
This collection of previously unpublished, cutting-edge research discusses the conversation analysis (CA) approach to understanding language use. CA is the dominant theory for …
Discourse, Grammar and Typology
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 …
'Noun Phrase' across Languages
The 'NP' is one of the least controversial grammatical units that linguists work with. The NP is often assumed to be universal, and appears to be robust cross-linguistically …
Grammar in Everyday Talk
Drawing on everyday telephone and video interactions, this book surveys how English speakers use grammar to formulate responses in ordinary conversation. The authors show that …
Leadership for Older Adults
This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging in many developing countries …
Grammar in Everyday Talk
Drawing on everyday telephone and video interactions, this book surveys how English speakers use grammar to formulate responses in ordinary conversation. The authors show that …
Leadership for Older Adults
This study tells the tale of two retirement organizations that reflect common leadership issues throughout the western world, issues that are emerging in many developing countries …
Essays on Language Function and Language Type
In their subject matter and in their theoretical orientation all the papers in this volume reflect the powerful influence of T. Givón. Most of them deal with questions of …
Essays in Semantics and Pragmatics
This volume reflects the influence of Chuck Fillmore's ground-breaking work in the fields of semantics and pragmatics. The papers in the volume pay tribute to his pioneering …
Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse
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 …