Interrogativity : a colloquium on the grammar, typology, and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th, 1981-May 3rd, 1982 / / William S. Chisholm, editor ; Louis T. Milic, associate editor ; John A.C. Greppin, consulting editor

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1984
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (308 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Grammar, Comparative and general - Interrogative
• Altri autori: ChisholmWilliam MilicLouis Tonko GreppinJohn A. C
• Note generali: Written versions of talks presented at the Colloquium on Interrogativity.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Interrogativity in : Russian / Bernard Comrie. Mandarin / Charles N. Li & Sandra A. Thompson. Georgian / Alice C. Harris. Bengali / P.K. Saha. Japanese / John Hinds. West Greenlandic / Jerrold M. Sadock. Ute / T. Givón -- Plenary session (including T. Givón: The speech-act continuum).
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a comparative study on the subject of interrogativity, presenting broad and narrow attributes on this subject in diverse languages: Russian, Mandarin, Georgian, Bengali, Bantu, Japanese, West Greenlandic and Ute. Each contribution presents, first the basic facts about the language in question, its more recent provenience, facts about numbers of speakers, writing systems, and related areal and sociolinguistic points. An overview of the typological hallmarks follows together with a sketch of the grammar broadly construed. Finally, the grammar of interrogativity is described and the seman
• Titolo autorizzato: Interrogativity
• ISBN: 1-283-31409-6; 9786613314093; 90-272-7991-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825854203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 4.