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Functional perspectives on grammar and discourse in honour of Angela Downing /

This book, a tribute to Angela Downing, consists of twenty papers taking a broadly functional perspective on language, with topics ranging from the general (grammar as an evolutionary product, text comprehension, integrative linguistics) to particular aspects of the grammars of languages (Bulgarian,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Butler, Christopher, 1945-, Hidalgo Downing, Raquel, Lavid, Julia, Downing, Angela
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2007.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 85.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Photograph; Table of contents; Contributors; Editorial introduction; Publications of Angela Downing; Grammar as an adaptive evolutionary product; Towards a cognitive-functional model of text comprehension; Towards an integrational approachin linguistics; Expressing past habit in English and Swedish: A corpus-based contrastive study; Do cognate and circumstantial complements of intransitive verbs form one 'Range'?: A corpus-based discussion; The unconscious, irresponsible construction in Modern Icelandic.