Detachments for cohesion : toward an information grammar of oral languages /
This monograph is intended as a reference book on Detachment Constructions (DECs) in the Information Structuring of oral and spoken languages. Focusing on DECs in a textual perspective, the book is an innovative contribution to the knowledge of oral and spoken languages, some of them widespread (Ind...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
Publication Dates: | [2015] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Empirical approaches to language typology [ealt];
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This monograph is intended as a reference book on Detachment Constructions (DECs) in the Information Structuring of oral and spoken languages. Focusing on DECs in a textual perspective, the book is an innovative contribution to the knowledge of oral and spoken languages, some of them widespread (Indo-European), others less taught (Finno-Ugric). |
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1 online resource (x, 340 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
ISBN: | 9783110349535 |
Index Number: | P201 |
CLC: | H04 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- Chapter 1. Orality -- Chapter 2. Information Structuring -- Chapter 3. Detachments in perspective -- Chapter 4. Oral syntax and information grammar -- References -- Author index -- Subject index -- Language index. |