02763nam 22005174a 450 991080822330332120240513073521.01-282-16167-9978661216167490-272-9715-0(CKB)1000000000549631(MiAaPQ)EBC622335(Au-PeEL)EBL622335(CaPaEBR)ebr10022281(OCoLC)70765498(EXLCZ)99100000000054963120011206d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierComplex sentences in grammar and discourse essays in honor of Sandra A. Thompson /edited by Joan Bybee, Michael Noonan1st ed.Amsterdam ;Philadelphia, PA John Benjamins Pub. Co.c2002viii, 363 p. ill1-58811-117-2 90-272-2585-0 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Main clauses are innovative, subordinate clauses are conservative -- Participles in Tsez -- Mini-grammars of some time-when expressions in English -- Denial and the construction of conversational turns -- On the embodied nature of grammar -- The symmetry of counterfactuals -- Note on the grammar of Turkish nominalizations -- Hendiadys and auxiliation in English -- 'Sentence' in spontaneous spoken Japanese discourse -- Some issues concerning the origin of language -- Are subordinate clauses more difficult?* -- Combining clauses into clause complexes -- Overwrought utterances -- Publications by Sandra A. Thompson -- Language index -- Name index -- Subject index.The papers in this volume in honor of Sandra Annear Thompson deal with complex sentences, an important topic in Thompson's career. The focus of the contributions is on the ways in which the grammatical properties of complex sentences are shaped by the communicative context in which they are produced, an approach to grammatical analysis that Thompson pioneered and developed in the course of her distinguished career.Grammar, Comparative and generalSentencesDiscourse analysisGrammar, Comparative and generalSentences.Discourse analysis.415Bybee Joan L282096Noonan Michael183846Thompson Sandra A162617MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808223303321Complex sentences in grammar and discourse4040168UNINA