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Title Language and function : to the memory of Jan Firbas / edited by Josef Hladký.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., [2003]
©2003

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 336 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Studies in functional and structural linguistics, 0165-7712 ; v. 49
Studies in functional and structural linguistics ; v. 49. 0165-7712
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Constancy of syntactic function across languagesA consideration of the thematiser 'wa' in Japanese; The semantic fields Unterhaltung and entertainment in their paradigmatic and syntagmatic interrelations; Topic-focus articulation in the Czech National Corpus; The functions and meanings of word-formations (with reference to Modern English); Observational linguistics and semiotics; Evidentiality and the construction of writer stance in native and non-native texts; Functional sentence perspective and translation; Linguistics across Borders: The EIL phenomenon.
Towards a history of linguistic ideas A note on Jan Firbas and the Prague SchoolSome sociolinguistic considerations on Old English phonology; From functional sentence perspective to topic-focus articulation; -ende/-ing in the history of English; Old Javanese word structure; On the associative anaphor in fairy tales; Lexical rules in Robert Baker's "Reflections on the English language"; The series LINGUISTIC AND LITERARY STUDIES IN EASTERN EUROPE.
Summary The present volume, originally prepared to celebrate Jan Firbas' 80th birthday, unfortunately is presented only belatedly, to commemorate one of the most outstanding personalities of functional and structural linguistics. Its contributors have been inspired by the richness and penetrating invention of Firbas, contained in his analysis of functional sentence perspective and of many other aspects of sentence and discourse.
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Subject Firbas, Jan.
Firbas, Jan.
Firbas, Jan.
Functionalism (Linguistics)
Functionalism (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Topic and comment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Firbas, Jan.
Hladký, Josef.
Other Form: Print version: Language and function. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2003 9027215588 9789027215581 (DLC) 2002027700 (OCoLC)50124747
ISBN 9789027296733 (electronic book)
9027296731 (electronic book)
9027215588 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
9789027215581 (Eur. ; alkaline paper)
1588113035 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)
9781588113030 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper)