Layered structure and reference in a functional perspective [[electronic resource] ] : papers from the Functional Grammar Conference in Copenhagen, 1990 / / edited by Michael Fortescue, Peter Harder, Lars Kristoffersen

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., 1992
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (458 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Functionalism (Linguistics); Grammar, Comparative and general
• Altri autori: FortescueMichael D HarderPeter KristoffersenLars
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: LAYERED STRUCTURE AND REFERENCE IN A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Predicates as Referring Expressions; Parts of Speech; Predication, Aspect, and Negation; Subjective vs. Objective Modality: What Is the Difference?; Aspect and Superaspect in Koyukon: An Application of the Functional Grammar Model toa Polysynthetic Language; Derivation and Inflection in a Functional Grammarof West Greenlandic; Unit Accentuation as an Expression Device forPredicate Formation. The Case of Syntactic NounIncorporation in Danish ; The Treatment of Turkish Nominal Compounds in FGPlaces and Things; Classifiers in a Functional Perspective; Semantic Content and Linguistic Structure inFunctional Grammar. On the Semantics of 'Nounhood'; Free Relatives; Number, Gender and Countability in Danish: An FG Approach; Conditionals in the Layered Structure of Functional Grammar; Limits to Layering: Locatability and Other Problems; Layers in FG and GB; Subject Index; Index of Names
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume contains revised and expanded versions of those papers from the 1990 Functional Grammar Conference in Copenhagen that contributed specifically to the current investigation of clause structure in terms of semantic layers. One of the key concepts in this discussion is 'reference'. Some papers discuss ways in which previous accounts of reference need to be expanded and differentiated to provide a consistent picture of referential properties. The power of layered analysis to bring out fundamental similarities between languages of very different types is the theme of another group of pa
• Titolo autorizzato: Layered structure and reference in a functional perspective
• ISBN: 1-283-22227-2; 9786613222275; 90-272-8290-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822810403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pragmatics & beyond ; ; new ser., 23.