| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 686 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Empirical approaches to language typology,
0933-761X ;
34
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 34.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 612-654) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Frontmatter; Contents; List of maps, tables, and figures; Abbreviations and conventions; Chapter 1. The framework, aim, and data of this study; Chapter 2. The internal structure of quotative indexes; Chapter 3. Quotative indexes and their linguistic context; Chapter 4. Previous research on the history of quotatives and a new approach: mimesis; Chapter 5. The origin of quotative indexes; Chapter 6. The functional extension of reported-discourse constructions; Chapter 7. Grammatical functions unrelated to reported-discourseconstructions; Chapter 8. Summary; Backmatter. |
| Summary |
The book represents the results of a synchronic and diachronic cross-African survey of quotative indexes. These are linguistic expressions that signal in the ongoing discourse the presence of a quote (often called "direct reported speech"). For this purpose, 39 African languages were selected to represent the genealogical and geographical diversity of the continent. The study is based primarily on this language sample, in particular on the analysis of quotative indexes and related expressions from a text corpus of each sample language, but also includes a wide range of data from the. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African languages -- Classification.
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African languages -- Classification. |
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African languages. |
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African languages -- Discourse analysis.
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African languages -- Discourse analysis. |
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African languages -- Indexes.
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| Genre/Form |
Indexes.
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Electronic books.
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Classification.
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Indexes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Güldemann, Tom. Quotative indexes in African languages. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2008 9783110185904 3110185903 (DLC) 2008031309 (OCoLC)234260163 |
| ISBN |
9783110211450 (electronic book) |
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3110211459 (electronic book) |
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1283398133 |
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9781283398138 |
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9783110185904 |
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3110185903 |
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