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Deixis and alignment : inverse systems in indigenous languages of the Americas /

This book proposes a notion of inverse that differs from two widespread positions found in descriptive and typological studies (one of them restrictive and structure-oriented, the other broad and function-centered). This third stance put forward here takes both grammar and pragmatic functions into a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zúñiga, Fernando
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : Benjamins, 2006.
Colección:Typological studies in language ; v. 70.
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  • Deixis and Alignment; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Foreword; List of abbreviations; Introduction; I. Alignment and direction; II. A theory of direction; III. Algonquian languages; IV. Kutenai; V. Sahaptian languages; VI. Kiowa-Tanoan languages; VII. Mapudungun; VIII. Conclusions; Appendix 1: Algonquian paradigms; Appendix 2: Analysis of Kiowa personal prefixes; Appendix 3: Optimality-theoretic syntax of inverses; References; Language index; Author index; Subject index; The series Typological Studies in Language.