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Author Jones, Bob Morris.

Title The Welsh answering system / by Bob Morris Jones.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 360 pages).
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Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 120
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 120.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-349) and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Contents ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of figures""; ""List of tables""; ""1 Answering systems""; ""1.1 Semantics""; ""1.2 Forms""; ""1.3 An overview of Welsh responsives""; ""2 Welsh echo responsives""; ""2.1 Perfect responsives: tense and aspect""; ""2.2 Full echo and substitute responsives: types of finite verbs""; ""2.3 Agreement features: person deixis""; ""2.4 Agreement features: number""; ""2.5 Forms of bod �be�""; ""2.6 More about negative forms""; ""2.7 Summary""; ""3 Welsh echo and nonecho responsives""; ""3.1 Introduction""; ""3.2 Discourse sources""; ""3.3 Syntactic form""
""3.4 Logical form""""3.5 Summary""; ""4 Discourse functions of Welsh responsives""; ""4.1 Answers""; ""4.2 Agreements and disagreements""; ""4.3 Response questions""; ""4.4 Acknowledgements""; ""4.5 Corrections""; ""4.6 Polarity of responsives""; ""5 A formal analysis of Welsh responsives""; ""5.1 VPless elliptical sentences""; ""5.2 Responsives and VPless elliptical sentences""; ""5.3 A generalized analysis""; ""6 Children�s use of Welsh responsives""; ""6.1 Introduction""; ""6.2 Echo responsives""; ""6.3 Nonecho responsives""; ""6.4 Nonecho or echo responsives""
""6.5 Forms of verbal responsives: positive and negative""""6.6 Summary""; ""7 Language contact: the influence of English""; ""7.1 Introduction""; ""7.2 Language background""; ""7.3 Conclusions""; ""8 Internal causes of variation""; ""8.1 Isomorphism""; ""8.2 Discourse""; ""8.3 Semantics""; ""8.4 Overall summary and conclusions""; ""Appendix I. Conventions in the corpus examples""; ""Appendix II. Conventions in the interlinear glosses""; ""Appendix III. Additional examples of responsives""; ""Appendix IV. Examples of formal answering systems""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
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Subject Welsh language -- Discourse analysis.
Welsh language.
Discourse analysis.
Welsh language -- Social aspects -- Wales.
Welsh language -- Social aspects.
Wales.
Children -- Wales -- Language.
Children.
Questions and answers.
Questions and answers.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Children.
Other Form: Print version: (DLC) 99021536 (OCoLC)41002772
ISBN 9783110800593 (electronic book)
3110800594 (electronic book)
3110164507 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9783110164503 (cloth ; alkaline paper)