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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825854203321

Titolo

Interrogativity : a colloquium on the grammar, typology, and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th, 1981-May 3rd, 1982 / / William S. Chisholm, editor ; Louis T. Milic, associate editor ; John A.C. Greppin, consulting editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984

ISBN

1-283-31409-6

9786613314093

90-272-7991-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language, , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

ChisholmWilliam

MilicLouis Tonko

GreppinJohn A. C

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Grammar, Comparative and general - Interrogative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Written versions of talks presented at the Colloquium on Interrogativity.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Interrogativity in : Russian / Bernard Comrie. Mandarin / Charles N. Li & Sandra A. Thompson. Georgian / Alice C. Harris. Bengali / P.K. Saha. Japanese / John Hinds. West Greenlandic / Jerrold M. Sadock. Ute / T. Givón -- Plenary session (including T. Givón: The speech-act continuum).

Sommario/riassunto

This is a comparative study on the subject of interrogativity, presenting broad and narrow attributes on this subject in diverse languages: Russian, Mandarin, Georgian, Bengali, Bantu, Japanese, West Greenlandic and Ute. Each contribution presents, first the basic facts about the language in question, its more recent provenience, facts about numbers of speakers, writing systems, and related areal and sociolinguistic points. An overview of the typological hallmarks follows together with a sketch of the grammar broadly construed. Finally, the grammar of interrogativity is described and the seman