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1 online resource (308 pages). |
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text file |
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Topical studies in language
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Topical studies in language.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
INTERROGATIVITY: A COLLOQUIUM ON THE GRAMMAR, TYPOLOGY AND PRAGMATICS OF QUESTIONS IN SEVEN DIVERSE LANGUAGES; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; INTRODUCTION; RUSSIAN; MANDARIN; GEORGIAN; BENGALI; JAPANESE; WEST GREENLANDIC; UTE; THE SPEECH-ACT CONTINUUM; PLENARY SESSION; GENERALBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX. |
| Summary |
This is a comparative study on the subject of interrogativity, presenting broad and narrow attributes on this subject in diverse languages: Russian, Mandarin, Georgian, Bengali, Bantu, Japanese, West Greenlandic and Ute. Each contribution presents, first the basic facts about the language in question, its more recent provenience, facts about numbers of speakers, writing systems, and related areal and sociolinguistic points. An overview of the typological hallmarks follows together with a sketch of the grammar broadly construed. Finally, the grammar of interrogativity is described and the seman. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Semantics -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Semantics. |
| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Subject |
Language and languages.
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Language and languages. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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| Added Author |
Milic, Louis Tonko.
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Greppin, John A. C., 1937-2016.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chisholm, William. Interrogativity : A colloquium on the grammar, typology and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th 1981-May 3rd 1982. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1984 9789027228680 |
| ISBN |
9789027279910 (electronic book) |
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9027279918 (electronic book) |
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1283314096 |
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9781283314091 |
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