Typological Discourse Analysis Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Function

Myhill, John

ISBN 10: 0631176144 / ISBN 13: 9780631176145

Published by Blackwell Publishers, 1992

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Vi + [295] pp. Printed black cloth. Notation penciled inside back cover. Pages appear clean, white, unmarked. Spine, top an bottom, and corners are blunted ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Typological Discourse Analysis Quantitative Approaches to the Study of Linguistic Function
• Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631176144
• ISBN 13: 9780631176145
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Weight: 1.55 pounds

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Synopsis

This book gives the first account of a field of fast increasing importance in both theoretical and descriptive linguistics. The aim of Typological Discourse Analysis is to establish a universally valid framework for the objective description of linguistic function and so make it possible to compare directly the functions of constructions in different languages. For linguists working on grammars of specific languages this book provides both methodological tools for objective description and a wealth of ideas about functional parameters which have been found to be significant in the languages of the world. For linguists interested in language typology, this book gives data from a wide variety of languages which allow for a more direct cross-linguistic comparison of function than is possible from consulting reference grammars alone. For qualitative discourse analysts, this book describes in basic terms some quantitative methods of linguistic analysis, and includes discussion of word order and voice alternations, grammaticalization, aspect, topic and focus marking, clause-chaining and noun incorporation.