04057nam 2200697 a 450 991097529210332120240516165743.097866136646869781280687747128068774697808032268690803226861(CKB)2550000000041026(EBL)928355(OCoLC)742517462(SSID)ssj0000529861(PQKBManifestationID)11364784(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529861(PQKBWorkID)10557348(PQKB)11264986(MiAaPQ)EBC928355(MdBmJHUP)muse3731(Au-PeEL)EBL928355(CaPaEBR)ebr10481069(CaONFJC)MIL366468(Perlego)4519611(EXLCZ)99255000000004102620110202d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTopic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions /Anna Berge1st ed.Lincoln :University of Nebraska Press,c2011.1 online resource (465 pages)Studies in the native languages of the Americas."In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington."9780803216457 0803216459 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 status3.1 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 analysis4.4.1 Subordinate pronominal inflection4.4.2 Contemporatives and participials; 4.4.2.1 The contemporative; 4.4.2.2 The participial; 4.5 Chapter conclusion; 5 Conclusion; 5.1 Findings; 5.2 Some comments on the role of discourse in linguistic descriptions; Appendix; A1 Notes on data collection; A2 Notes on transcription and intonation; Notes; References; Index"[Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions] is comprehensive, written with great clarity, and will be of considerable interest to scholars of syntax and linguists working on such polysynthetic languages."-Stephen Pax Leonard, Journal of Anthropological Research.Studies in the native languages of the Americas.Kalaallisut languageDiscourse analysisKalaallisut languageSyntaxKalaallisut languageDiscourse analysis.Kalaallisut languageSyntax.497/.12Berge Anna1812252Indiana University, Bloomington.American Indian Studies Research Institute.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910975292103321Topic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions4364590UNINA