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"Brendan Fairbanks examines the challenging subject of discourse markers in Ojibwe, one of the many Indigenous languages in the Algonquian family. Mille Lacs elder Jim Clark once described the discourse markers as "little bugs that are holding on for dear life." For example, discourse...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Fairbanks, Brendan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Ojibwa language > Discourse analysis.
Discourse markers.
Ojibwa language > Grammar.
Ojibwa language > Connectives.
Ojibwa language > Texts.
Ojibwa language > Spoken Ojibwa.
Ojibwa Indians > Social life and customs.
Ojibwa (Langue) > Analyse du discours.
Marqueurs du discours.
Ojibwa (Langue) > Grammaire.
Ojibwa (Langue) > Textes.
Ojibwa > Mœurs et coutumes.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Native American Studies.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Reference.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY > Native American Languages.
Discourse markers
Ojibwa Indians > Social life and customs
Ojibwa language
Ojibwa language > Grammar
Texts
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction and background
  • 1.1. language
  • 1.2. Why study Ojibwe discourse markers?
  • 1.3. Methodology
  • 1.4. Orthography
  • 2. What is a discourse marker?
  • 2.1. Schiffrin's definition of discourse markers
  • 2.2. Relevance theorists' view of discourse markers
  • 2.3. Cross-linguistic data
  • 2.3.1. Position
  • 2.3.2. Clitics and affixes
  • 2.3.3. Tam (tense-aspect-mode) systems
  • 2.3.4. Simultaneous textual and interpersonal functions of discourse markers
  • 2.4. Defining discourse markers
  • 3. Ojibwe discourse markers
  • 3.1. Discourse connectives
  • 3.1.1. Initial position
  • 3.1.1.1. inashke
  • 3.1.1.2. miinawaa
  • 3.1.1.3. onzaam
  • 3.1.1.4. dibishkoo
  • 3.1.1.5. Mii dash
  • 3.1.2. Second position
  • 3.1.2.1. Idash as a contrastive marker
  • 3.1.2.1.1. Digressions
  • 3.1.2.1.2. Backgrounding and foregrounding
  • 3.1.2.1.3. Idash in adjacency pairs
  • 3.1.3. Preverbs
  • 3.1.3.1. Relative preverb izhi
  • 3.2. Mystery particles
  • 3.2.1. Initial position
  • 3.2.1.1. Mii as a veridical marker
  • 3.2.1.2. Mii as a command softener
  • 3.2.1.3. awenh, inenh
  • 3.2.1.4. aaniish
  • 3.2.2. Second-position mystery particles
  • 3.2.2.1. isa
  • 3.2.2.1.1. Isa as a marker of closings
  • 3.2.2.1.2. Isa as a marker of relinquishment
  • 3.2.2.1.3. Isa as a marker of conclusory gists
  • 3.2.2.1.4. Isa as a marker of resultant action
  • 3.2.2.1.5. Isa as a position strengthener
  • 3.2.2.1.6. Isa as a placeholder
  • 3.2.2.1.7. Sa go
  • 3.2.2.2. gosha
  • 3.2.2.3. sha
  • 3.2.2.4. da
  • 3.2.2.5. bina
  • 3.2.2.6. goda
  • 3.2.2.7. naa
  • 3.2.2.7.1. Second-position discourse clusters with naa
  • 4. Conjunct order as a discourse-marking device
  • 4.1. Sentence-level use of conjuncts
  • 4.1.1. Dependent clauses
  • 4.1.2. Temporal immediacy and the connective feature of the conjunct
  • 4.1.3. Situational immediacy
  • 4.2. Discourse use of conjuncts
  • 5. Conclusion.

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