Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as Architecture for Function (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)

Language: English

Published by John Benjamins, 2003

1588113698 / 9781588113696

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Hardcover, x + 458 pages, NOT ex-library. Book is clean and bright throughout with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Sunned spine. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Exploring the concept of preferred argument structure (PAS) in grammar, the book provides a detailed analysis of how grammar serves as an architecture for linguistic function, focusing on the distribution and structuring of arguments in discourse. It delves into the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic aspects of language, offering insights into how speakers organize information and manage communication effectively. -- Contents: Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Argument Structure: Grammar in Use / John W. Du Bois; Preferred Argument Structure Across Time and Space: A Comparative Diachronic Analysis of French and Spanish / William J. Ashby & Paola Bentivoglio; The Lexicon in Interaction: Developmental Origins of Preferred Argument Structure in Korean / Patricia M. Clancy; Genre and Preferred Argument Structure: Sources of Argument Structure in Classroom Discourse / Lorraine E. Kumpf; Issues in the Comparative Argument Structure Analysis in Mayan Narratives / Nora C. England & Laura Martin; New Light on Information Pressure: Information Conduits, 'Escape Valves', and Role Alignment Stretching / Mark Durie; Beyond Preferred Argument Structure: Sentences, Pronouns, and Given Referents in Nepali / Carol Genetti & Laura D. Crain; Multiple Constraints on Reference Form: Null, Pronominal, and Full Reference in Mapudungun / Jennifer E. Arnold; Argument Splits in Finnish Grammar and Discourse / Marja-Liisa Helasvuo; Core Arguments and the Inversion of the Nominal Hierarchy in Roviana / Simon H. Corston-Oliver; Preferred Argument Structure in Early Inuktitut Spontaneous Speech Data / Shanley E.M. Allen & Heike Schröder; The Role of Preferred Argument Structure for Understanding Aphasic Sentence Planning / Susan E. Kohn & Ana Cragnolino; Nominal Information Flow in the Talk of Two Boys with Autism / Elizabeth G. Weber; Tracking the Deer: Nominal Reference, Parallelism and Preferred Argument Structure in Itzaj Maya Narrative Genres / Charles Andrew Hofling; Narrator Virtuosity and the Strategic Exploitation of Preferred Argument Structure in Mocho: Repetition and Constructed Speech in Mocho Narrative / Laura Martin; Bibliography; Name Index; Language Index; Subject Index.…

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Title
Preferred Argument Structure: Grammar as Architecture for Function (Studies in Discourse and Grammar)
Author
John W. Du Bois; Lorraine E. Kumpf; William J. Ashby
Publisher
John Benjamins
Publication year
2003
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Near Fine
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
1588113698
ISBN 13
9781588113696
Edition
1st Edition

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