Record Nr.

UNINA9910959808503321

Titolo

Function and structure : in honor of Susumu Kuno / / edited by Akio Kamio, Ken-ichi Takami

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1999

ISBN

1-282-16327-2

9786612163272

90-272-9907-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (412 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & beyond, , 0922-842X ; ; new ser. 59

Classificazione

ER 300

Altri autori (Persone)

KamioAkio <1942->

TakamiKen'ichi <1952->

KunoSusumu <1933->

Disciplina

410/.1/8

Soggetti

Functionalism (Linguistics)

Grammar, Comparative and general

Structural linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Preface; A Comparison of Postposed Subjects in English and Italian; A Functional Constraint on Extraposition from NP; The Speech Act Empathy Hierarchy and Russian Possessives; Aspects of Hypothetical Meaning in Japanese Conditionals; A Context-Based Account of English Passives with Indefinite Subjects; Observations on Three Anaphoric Expressions in Japanese; Qualification and Point of View; Towards a Theory of Desirability in Conditional Reasoning

Relative Tense and Absolute Tense in Adverbial Adjuncts in JapaneseSpecific NP in Scope; Some Referential Properties of English It and That; The Role of Empathy in Sentence Production; Personal Pronoun Shift in Japanese: A Case Study in Lexical Change and Point of View; Subject Index; Name Index; PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of papers on functional syntax shows the development of a specific stream of functional linguistics initiated by Susumu Kuno of Harvard University. Inspired by Prague School linguists such as Jan

Firbas and Vilém Mathesius, Kuno developed a more comprehensive and theory-oriented approach and linked it with the American formalist approach of generative grammar.His approach is thus a unique combination of functionalism and formalism that constantly urges the promotion of interactions between these two major trends in linguistics. The papers in this collection coherently dea

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00216320

Autore

SALVIONI, Emilia

Titolo

Pellegrinaggi medioevali / Emilia Salvioni