ISBN:
3110157535
,
9783110892222
,
9783110157536
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxiv, 632 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Empirical approaches to language typology 20-8
Series Statement:
EUROTYP
Parallel Title:
Print version Pragmatic Organization of Discourse in the Languages of Europe
DDC:
306.44094
Keywords:
Discourse analysis
;
Pragmatics
;
Grammar, Comparative and general Syntax
;
Europe Languages
Abstract:
The volume is a collection of papers reporting the results of investigations on the interaction of discourse and sentence structure in the languages of Europe. The subjects discussed in the book include: morphosyntactic characteristics of spontaneous spoken texts; different patterns of word order in a pragmatic perspective; the coding of the pragmatic functions topic and focus in sentences with non-canonical word orders (e.g. dislocations, clefts); the range of functions of verb-subject order in declarative clauses and the notion of theticity; prosodic patterns of de-accenting of given informa
Description / Table of Contents:
General Preface; Contributors; I. General issue; Introduction; Spoken and written language; II. From function to form; Sentence topics in the languages of Europe and beyond; Focus in the languages of Europe; Deixis and anaphora: Some case studies; Theticity; III. From form to function; The de-accenting of given information: A cognitive universal?; Interaction of syntactic and pragmatic factors on basic word order in the languages of Europe; Articles and article systems in some areas of Europe; Indexes; Subject index; Language index; Author index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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