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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461950003321

Autore

Cooreman Ann M. <1957->

Titolo

Transitivity and discourse continuity in Chamorro narratives [[electronic resource] /] / by Ann M. Cooreman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1987

ISBN

3-11-085101-6

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

ix, 245 p

Collana

Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] ; ; 4

Disciplina

499/.21

Soggetti

Chamorro language - Transitivity

Chamorro language - Discourse analysis

Chamorro language - Passive voice

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references. (p. [229]-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Methodology -- Chapter Three: Chamorro morphology and syntax -- Chapter Four: The role of topicality in a general comparison of the coding devices of transitive propositions -- Chapter Five: Functional analysis of passives in Chamorro -- Chapter Six: A functional look at the antipassive -- Chapter Seven: Complex sentence constructions -- Chapter Eight: Discourse organization and paragraph thematicity -- Chapter Nine: Conclusions -- Appendix A : Sample story -- Appendix Β: List of abbreviations -- References -- Index