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Content, expression and structure : studies in Danish functional grammar /

This collection of papers offers an alternative to mainstream functional linguistics on two points. Especially in American linguistics, function and structure are often viewed almost as polar opposites; in addition, structure is often understood as being only a matter of linguistic form - or express...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Danés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins, ©1996.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 29.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CONTENT, EXPRESSION AND STRUCTURE STUDIES IN DANISH FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Is there a passive in Nahuatl?; Grammaticalized focus in Yukagir. Is it really grammaticalized and is it really focus?; Iconic motivations in conflict. Language-specific structure and influence from the medium; The syntax of Danish verbs. Lexical and syntactic transitivity; From lexical potential to syntactic realization. A Danish verb valency model
  • Danish directional adverbs. Content syntax and complex predicates: A case for host and co-predicatesDanish passives andsubjectpositions as a mood system. A content analysis; Informationstructure and the anatomy of noun phrases. The expression of subject and object in Danish noun phrases; Topiccontinuity and prosody. An experimental study in Danish; Discourse particles in Danish; Eh bien: Markerof comparison and contrast; The degrammaticalization of agentivity in Tlapanec; The functions of locative prepositions
  • Communicative function and language-specific structure in second language acquisition. A discussion of natural sequences of acquisitionTheoretical considerations; Linguistic structure in a functional grammar; Iconicity and arbitrariness; Paradigmaticstructure, word order and grammaticalization; Subject index; Index of names