Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2002
Descrizione fisica	xxi, 413 p. : ill
Disciplina	401/.41
Altri autori (Persone)	ReidWallis Hoch <1941-> OtheguyRicardo <1945-> SternNancy <1959->
Collana	Studies in functional and structural linguistics
Soggetto topico	Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) Semiotics Explanation (Linguistics)
ISBN	90-272-8223-4 9786613234117 1-283-23411-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	pt. 1. Theoretical and methodological issues -- pt. 2. Sign-based linguistic analyses -- pt. 3. Columbia School in the context of 20th century linguistics.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910781762603321

Autore	Schröter Melani
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (212 p.)
Disciplina	320.01/41
Collana	Discourse approaches to politics, society and culture
Soggetto topico	Discourse analysis - Political aspects Language and languages - Political aspects Silence Communication - Political aspects Communication in politics
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	90-272-7210-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Silence and Concealment in Political Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of abbreviations; Notes on translations in this book:; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Intention, expectation and relevance; 2.1 The physical absence of speech; 2.2 Making sense of the absence of speech; 2.3 Context; 2.4 Communicativeness of silence in political discourse; Chapter 3. Empirical study of silence; 3.1 Why metadiscourse?; 3.2 What metadiscourse?; 3.3 Critical discourse analysis of metadiscourse Chapter 4. Remaining silent and waiting until the dust settles 4.1 Overt refusal to reveal; 4.2 Evasion; 4.3 The meaning of silence: Claims and challenges; 4.3.1 Not knowing about X; 4.3.2 A question of honour; 4.3.3 Right as a witness to remain silent; 4.4 Expectations of speech; 4.5 Taking expectations into account: Kohl emphasizes his readiness to speak out; 4.6 Conclusion: The extent of silence; Chapter 5. Dangerous intelligence; 5.1 The meanings of silence; 5.2 Expectations of speech; 5.3 Claiming and challenging reasonable silence; 5.4 Claiming and challenging guilty silence 5.5 Conclusion: Handling secrecy and revelation Chapter 6. Hiding or highlighting; 6.1 Dr Merkel's collected silences; 6.2 Expectations of speech; 6.3 Silence as rhetorical strategy; 6.4 Silence as gendered rhetorical strategy?; 6.5 Conclusion; Chapter 7. What needs to be said; 7.1 Democracy, transparency, publicity; 7.2 Communicative culture; 7.3 Who cares: Advocates of the demand to speak out; 7.4 Democratic rituals and reinforced ideals; References; Archive Material; Chapter 4 Parliamentary Inquiry; Hearing protocols; Chapter 5 Parliamentary Inquiry; Hearing protocols; Literature Appendix. German originals of translated quotations from primary sources Author index; Subject index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462879703321

Autore	Setton Robin
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c1999
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xvi, 400 p.)
Disciplina	418/.02/019
Collana	Benjamins translation library
Soggetto topico	Pragmatics Translating and interpreting - Psychological aspects interpreting linguistics impact study translation
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-04709-8 9786613047090 90-272-8547-0 9789027285478
Classificazione	32.32.24
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459585303321

Autore	Chandralal Dileep
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (312 p.)
Disciplina	491.4/85
Collana	London Oriental and African language library
Soggetto topico	Sinhalese language - Grammar Indo-Aryan languages, Modern
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-72169-0 9786612721694 90-272-8853-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Sinhala; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Foreword ; Preface; Romanization and text presentation; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Genealogy and geography; 2. Typological character of the language; 2.1 Structure of simple clauses; 2.2 Nominal modifiers; 2.3 Verbal modifiers; 2.4 Compound and complex sentences; 2.5 Some additional remarks on the structure of the language; Writing system; Sounds; 1. Vowels; 2. Consonants; 3. Consonant clusters; 4. Phonological rules; 4.1. Vowel length; 4.2 Nasal assimilation; 4.3 Other assimilations; 4.4 Velarizing; 4.5 Substituting 5. Suprasegmental features5.1. Syllables; 5.2 Stress; 5.3 Pitch; 6. Rhyming expressions; Words; 1. Vocabulary strata; 2. Word classes; 2.1 Nouns; 2.2 Adjectives; 2.3 Verbs; 3. Minor word classes; 3.1. Adverbs; 3.2 Particles; 3.3 Affixes; 3.4 Interjections; 4. Some noteworthy word classes; 4.1. Numerals; 4.2 Kinship terms; Morphology; 1. Verb morphology; 1.1 Inflectional morphology; 1.1.1 Finite forms; 1.1.2 Non-finite forms; 1.2 Derivational morphology; 2. Noun morphology; 2.1 Nominal inflections; 2.2 Nominal derivations and word formation; 2.2.1 Affixation; 2.2.2 Compounding 2.2.3 Reduplication3. Sandhi; Morphology-syntax interface; Argument structures; 1. Argument structure types; 1.1 Argument structures with inactive predicates; 1.2 Argument types with active predicates; 2. Adjunct noun phrases; 3. Grammatical relations; Noun phrase and verb phrase constructions; 1. Noun phrase; 1.1 Simple noun modifiers; 1.2 Clausal noun modifiers; 2. Verb phrase; 2.1 Declarative, interrogative, and negative; 2.2 Reciprocal verbs and reflexive verbs; 2.3 Modality, aspect, and tense; 2.3.1 Expressions for modality; 2.3.2 Expressions for aspect and tense; 2.3.2.1 Tense 2.3.2.2 AspectGrammatical constructions; 1. Passive construction; 2. Causative construction; 2.1 Lexical causatives; 2.2 Morphological causatives; 2.3 Periphrastic causatives; 2.3.1 Causative benefactive construction; 2.3.2 Simple benefactive construction; 2.3.3 Indirect causative construction; Expanded sentences; 1. Compound sentences; 2. Complex sentences; 2.1 Nominal clauses; 2.2 Adnominal clauses; 2.3 Adverbial clauses; 3. Mixed sentences; Sentence and information structure; 1. The topic-comment organization; 2. The focus structure; Discourse and grammar 1. Deictic system of demonstratives2. The deictic parameter; 3. Functions of deictic expressions; 3.1 Identifying function; 3.2 Acknowledging function; 3.3 Informing function; 3.4 Expressive function; 4. Locative expressions; 5. Demonstratives as discourse deictic; 5.1. Anaphoric use; 5.2 Other uses of discourse deixis; 5.3 Cataphoric use; 6. Encoding discourse units; 7. Tracking the thematic flow of discourse; Pragmatics and grammar; 1. Modality; 1.1 Imperative mood; 1.2 Permissive mood; 1.3 Offer; 1.4 Optative mood; 1.5 Epistemic modality; 2. Interrogation; 3. Negation 4. Social deixis and honorifics
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910458887303321

Autore	Manninen Satu <1968->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (284 p.)
Disciplina	494/.541576
Collana	Linguistik aktuell = Linguistics today
Soggetto topico	Finnish language - Adverbials
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	9786613234100 1-283-23410-6 90-272-8222-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456677503321