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Deixis, Grammar, and Culture.
Many linguists have believed that there is no connection between culture and language structures. This study reviews some of the literature supporting vocabulary connections, hypotheses for other connections, and critical views of this type of hypothesis. Precisely such a connection is developed emp...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam/Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1992.
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| Series: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 24. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Many linguists have believed that there is no connection between culture and language structures. This study reviews some of the literature supporting vocabulary connections, hypotheses for other connections, and critical views of this type of hypothesis. Precisely such a connection is developed employing a functional view of language and grammaticization principles. Using a world-wide probability sample of forty-nine languages, an association between culture and the grammatical coding of deictics is tested and statistically found to be corroborated to a very significant extent. Suggestions ar. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (255 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027277176 9027277176 9786613313096 6613313092 |
| ISSN: | 0167-7373 ; |