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A collection of papers which presents a functionalist approach to syntax, taking discourse into consideration. Essays discuss a variety of topics, including: morhpo-syntactic phenomenon from a functional point of view; case theory from the point of view of discourse; topicalization and dislocation.

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Author:   Akio Kamio (Dokkyo University, Soka, Japan)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   36
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9789027230393

ISBN 10:   9027230390
Pages:   259
Publication Date:   20 November 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgments; 2. Preface; 3. Contributors; 4. Dispersed Verbal Predicates in Vernacular Written Narrative (by Hopper, Paul J.); 5. Deontic Modality and Conditionality in Discourse: A Cross-linguistic Study of Adult Speech to Young Children (by Clancy, Patricia M.); 6. Discourse Motivations for the Core-Oblique Distinction as a Language Universal (by Thompson, Sandra A.); 7. Agentivity and Aspect in Japanese: A Functional Perspective (by Jacobsen, Wesley M.); 8. On the Functions of Left-Dislocation in English Discourse (by Prince, Ellen F.); 9. Evidentiality and Some Discourse Characteristics in Japanese (by Kamio, Akio); 10. On Japanese Quantifier Floating (by Hamano, Shoko); 11. The Battle over Anaphoric 'Islands': Syntax vs. Pragmatics (by Ward, Gregory); 12. Structural or Functional Accounts? (by Kuno, Susumu); 13. Index of Names; 14. Index of Subjects

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