African languages from a Role and Reference Grammar perspective : Studies on the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface /

The volume is a collection of papers which apply Role & Reference Grammar (RRG) to African languages. RRG is a functional theory of syntax which has been developed on the basis of two leading questions: First, how would a syntactic theory look like which starts from 'exotic' languages...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Anderson, Ciara (Contribuidor), Egbokhare, Francis (Contribuidor), Fleischhauer, Jens, active 2013- (Contribuidor, Editor ), Kihara, Claudius Patrick (Contribuidor, Editor ), Riccio, Anna (Contribuidor), Schaefer, Ronald (Contribuidor), Sennen Agbo, Maduabuchi (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2023]
Temas:
African languages > Social aspects.
Afrikanische Sprachen.
Argument ‹Linguistik›.
Grammatik.
Informationsstruktur.
Langues africaines > Aspect social.
African languages > Social aspects
African languages.
Argument (linguistics).
Grammar.
Information structure.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • African languages from a Role and Reference Grammar perspective: An introduction
  • A Functional Typology of Igbo Multi-verb Constructions
  • The syntax-semantics interface of serial verb constructions in Kwa languages
  • Postverbal Qualifiers and Constraints on Contrastive Focus
  • A Case for the Antipassive in Babungo
  • The Morphosyntax of the Gĩkũyũ Complex Reference Phrase
  • Argument doubling and right-dislocation
  • An RRG analysis of head-marking in isiZulu
  • Index
  • Language index

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