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Syntax in the making : the emergence of syntactic units in Finnish conversation /

Research on the interplay between language structure and language use has shown that grammar is shaped, maintained, and modified by language use. In this view, then, grammar is not seen as existing apart from language use, but rather as a set of recurrent, grammaticized patterns of discourse. This b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.
Colección:Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 9.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Research on the interplay between language structure and language use has shown that grammar is shaped, maintained, and modified by language use. In this view, then, grammar is not seen as existing apart from language use, but rather as a set of recurrent, grammaticized patterns of discourse. This book focuses on syntactic structuring in Finnish from the viewpoint of language use. The author sets out to study syntactic structures in their local contexts in order to discover the more global patterns and constraints on the use of these structures. The coding strategies point to the clause core a.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 173 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and indexes.
ISBN:9789027298065
9027298068
ISSN:0928-8929 ;