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UNINA9910781458503321 |
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Autore |
Berge Anna |
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Topic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions [[electronic resource] /] / Anna Berge |
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Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , c2011 |
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1-280-68774-6 |
9786613664686 |
0-8032-2686-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (465 pages) |
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Collana |
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Studies in the native languages of the Americas. |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Kalaallisut language - Discourse analysis |
Kalaallisut language - Syntax |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Orthographic Conventions; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview of West Greenlandic grammar; 1.2 Inuit language in syntactic theory; 1.3 Approaches to the study of discourse; 1.4 Theoretical approach to discourse structure in West Greenlandic; 2 Topic (and theme) as discourse roles; 2.1 Issues in the definition of topic; 2.2 Issues in the definition of theme; 2.3 Introduction and identification of topics and themes; 2.4 Discourse roles; 3 Ergativity as a reflection of topic status |
3.1 Ergativity in West Greenlandic3.2 Treatment of ergativity in modern syntactictheories of West Greenlandic; 3.3 Subjecthood, agency, and topic; 3.4 Role of topic in the use and distribution ofergative structures in West Greenlandic; 3.5 Data analysis; 3.6 Chapter conclusion; 4 Switch-reference or thematic coherence and topic continuity?; 4.1 Switch-reference in West Greenlandic; 4.2 Switch-reference as a system of subjector topic/thematic coherence; 4.3 Role of topic in the use and distribution of switch reference marking in West Greenlandic; 4.4 Data analysis |
4.4.1 Subordinate pronominal inflection4.4.2 Contemporatives and participials; 4.4.2.1 The contemporative; 4.4.2.2 The participial; 4.5 |
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