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Tone and inflection : new facts and new perspectives /
Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both by studying complex ways in which the tones of a given language engage in the expression of grammatical meaning. The book includes chapters on both general issues concerning tone and inflection as wel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin :
Mouton De Gruyter,
[2016]
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| Colección: | Trends in linguistics. State-of-the-art report ;
296. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Tone is about melody and meaning, inflection is about grammar, and this book is about a bit of both by studying complex ways in which the tones of a given language engage in the expression of grammatical meaning. The book includes chapters on both general issues concerning tone and inflection as well as case studies on lesser known languages of Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea, and Mesoamerica, with a special focus on the Oto-Manguean languages. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 342 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9783110452754 3110452758 9783110452761 3110452766 9783110450361 3110450364 |