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1 online resource (xvi, 510 pages) : illustrations |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 29 |
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 29
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CONTENT, EXPRESSION AND STRUCTURE STUDIES IN DANISH FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Introduction; Is there a passive in Nahuatl?; Grammaticalized focus in Yukagir. Is it really grammaticalized and is it really focus?; Iconic motivations in conflict. Language-specific structure and influence from the medium; The syntax of Danish verbs. Lexical and syntactic transitivity; From lexical potential to syntactic realization. A Danish verb valency model |
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Danish directional adverbs. Content syntax and complex predicates: A case for host and co-predicatesDanish passives andsubjectpositions as a mood system. A content analysis; Informationstructure and the anatomy of noun phrases. The expression of subject and object in Danish noun phrases; Topiccontinuity and prosody. An experimental study in Danish; Discourse particles in Danish; Eh bien: Markerof comparison and contrast; The degrammaticalization of agentivity in Tlapanec; The functions of locative prepositions |
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Communicative function and language-specific structure in second language acquisition. A discussion of natural sequences of acquisitionTheoretical considerations; Linguistic structure in a functional grammar; Iconicity and arbitrariness; Paradigmaticstructure, word order and grammaticalization; Subject index; Index of names |
| Summary |
This collection of papers offers an alternative to mainstream functional linguistics on two points. Especially in American linguistics, function and structure are often viewed almost as polar opposites; in addition, structure is often understood as being only a matter of linguistic form - or expression - as opposed to content. The book tries to illustrate why function and structure must be understood as mutually dependent in relation to language - and why the most interesting aspect of language structure is the way it structures the content side of language. In this, the book represents a reaf |
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Danish language -- Grammar
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Functionalism (Linguistics)
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Danish.
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Danish language -- Grammar
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Functionalism (Linguistics)
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Funktionale Grammatik
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Functionele grammatica.
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Deens.
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Dänisch.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Engberg-Pedersen, Elisabeth, 1952-
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| ISBN |
9789027282019 |
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9027282013 |
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