Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas : Syntactic Approaches.

This collection of articles explores how the grammar of several native languages of The Americas presents new and old information, question-formation and other functions related to the broader discourse. The concepts addressed in the collection are explained in an introduction to the volume. Include...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Camacho, José
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2010.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
Temas:
Indians of South America > Languages > Grammar.
Indians of North America > Languages > Grammar.
Indians of South America > Languages.
Indians of North America > Languages.
Discourse analysis.
Language and culture.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Sud.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord.
Langage et culture.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Sud > Grammaire.
Langues des Peuples autochtones > Amérique du Nord > Grammaire.
Discourse analysis
Indians of North America > Languages
Indians of North America > Languages > Grammar
Indians of South America > Languages
Indians of South America > Languages > Grammar
Language and culture
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  • Frontmatter; Contents; Introduction; Language contact and pragmatic notions: Tariana in its multilingual context; Communicative structure in Lushootseed syntax: Thematicity and focalization; Null subjects in Shipibo switch-reference systems; Cartography of expanded CP in Kuikuro (Southern Carib, Brazil); On word order and information structure in Yaqui; On the nature of word order in Yucatec Maya; The structure of CP in Karaja; Agree and the licensing of wh-words and polarity sensitive items in Southern Quechua; Backmatter.

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