Functional syntax and universal grammar

The key argument of this book, originally published in 1984, is that when human beings communicate with each other by means of a natural language they typically do not do so in simple sentences but rather in connected discourse - complex expressions made up of a number of clauses linked together in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Foley, William A. (-)
Otros Autores: Van Valin, Robert D.
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press 1985
Edición:Reprint
Colección:Cambridge studies in linguistics ; 38
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  • Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Theoretical preliminaries; 2. The semantic structure of the clause; 3. Case marking; 4. Intraclausal syntax; 5. Juncture and operators; 6. Nexus; 7. Systems of discourse cohesion: reference-tracking mechanisms; List of tables; List of figures.