LEADER 03633nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910781458503321 005 20231027201503.0 010 $a1-280-68774-6 010 $a9786613664686 010 $a0-8032-2686-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000041026 035 $a(EBL)928355 035 $a(OCoLC)742517462 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000529861 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11364784 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000529861 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10557348 035 $a(PQKB)11264986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC928355 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse3731 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL928355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10481069 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL366468 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000041026 100 $a20110202d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTopic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions$b[electronic resource] /$fAnna Berge 210 1$aLincoln :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$dc2011. 215 $a1 online resource (465 pages) 225 1 $aStudies in the native languages of the Americas. 300 $a"In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington." 311 $a0-8032-1645-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aTitle 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 status 327 $a3.1 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 analysis 327 $a4.4.1 Subordinate pronominal inflection4.4.2 Contemporatives and participials; 4.4.2.1 The contemporative; 4.4.2.2 The participial; 4.5 Chapter conclusion; 5 Conclusion; 5.1 Findings; 5.2 Some comments on the role of discourse in linguistic descriptions; Appendix; A1 Notes on data collection; A2 Notes on transcription and intonation; Notes; References; Index 410 0$aStudies in the native languages of the Americas. 606 $aKalaallisut language$xDiscourse analysis 606 $aKalaallisut language$xSyntax 615 0$aKalaallisut language$xDiscourse analysis. 615 0$aKalaallisut language$xSyntax. 676 $a497/.12 700 $aBerge$b Anna$01493600 712 02$aIndiana University, Bloomington.$bAmerican Indian Studies Research Institute. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910781458503321 996 $aTopic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions$93716629 997 $aUNINA