04299nam 22007333u 450 991078247470332120230617035013.01-282-16138-5978661216138490-272-9673-1(CKB)1000000000556838(EBL)622733(OCoLC)302171357(SSID)ssj0000188841(PQKBManifestationID)12027829(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188841(PQKBWorkID)10154237(PQKB)10449709(MiAaPQ)EBC622733(EXLCZ)99100000000055683820131111d2003|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrLanguage and Function[electronic resource] To the memory of Jan FirbasAmsterdam/Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company20031 online resource (349 p.)Studies in Functional and Structural LinguisticsDescription based upon print version of record.1-58811-303-5 90-272-1558-8 Language and Function; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Jan Firbas - an outstanding personality of European linguistics; Bibliography of the publications of Professor Jan Firbas, PhDr., DrSc., Dr.h.c. (Leeds, United Kingdom; Leuven, Belgium; Turku, Finland); 'There's no such thing as syntax - and it's a good thing, too ...'; Old English pa revisited; The double basis of the Prague functional approach; FSP and the grammar of the weather in English; Theme, information and cohesion; Negotiating topic coherence through talk-in-actionConstancy of syntactic function across languagesA consideration of the thematiser 'wa' in Japanese; The semantic fields Unterhaltung and entertainment in their paradigmatic and syntagmatic interrelations; Topic-focus articulation in the Czech National Corpus; The functions and meanings of word-formations (with reference to Modern English); Observational linguistics and semiotics; Evidentiality and the construction of writer stance in native and non-native texts; Functional sentence perspective and translation; Linguistics across Borders: The EIL phenomenonTowards a history of linguistic ideas A note on Jan Firbas and the Prague SchoolSome sociolinguistic considerations on Old English phonology; From functional sentence perspective to topic-focus articulation; -ende/-ing in the history of English; Old Javanese word structure; On the associative anaphor in fairy tales; Lexical rules in Robert Baker's "Reflections on the English language"; The series LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY STUDIES IN EASTERN EUROPEThe present volume, originally prepared to celebrate Jan Firbas' 80th birthday, unfortunately is presented only belatedly, to commemorate one of the most outstanding personalities of functional and structural linguistics. Its contributors have been inspired by the richness and penetrating invention of Firbas, contained in his analysis of functional sentence perspective and of many other aspects of sentence and discourse.Studies in Functional and Structural LinguisticsFirbas, JanFunctionalism (Linguistics)Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and commentFunctionalism (Linguistics)Topic and commentGrammar, Comparative and generalLanguages & LiteraturesHILCCPhilology & LinguisticsHILCCFirbas, Jan.Functionalism (Linguistics).Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment.Functionalism (Linguistics)Topic and commentGrammar, Comparative and generalLanguages & LiteraturesPhilology & Linguistics410Hladký Josef1494348Hladký JosefHladkây JosefFirbas JanAU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910782474703321Language and Function3717772UNINA