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Discourse and grammar in Australian languages /
Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages is the first major survey to address the issue of the effects of information packaging on Australian languages, widely known for nonconfigurationality. The papers are based on individual fieldwork and describe a wide range of Australian languages of diff...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Studies in language companion series ;
v. 104. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Discourse and Grammar in Australian Languages is the first major survey to address the issue of the effects of information packaging on Australian languages, widely known for nonconfigurationality. The papers are based on individual fieldwork and describe a wide range of Australian languages of different types, ranging from the polysynthetic languages of Arnhem Land and the Kimberley to the classical types represented by Walpiri. Topics covered include the pragmatics of information exchange, the interaction of noun class marking with polarity and referentiality, the effects of specificity on a. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027290342 9027290342 1282104403 9781282104402 9786612104404 6612104406 |