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Sentence and Discourse (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics)
J (Ed) Gueron
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Paperback. This book looks at the relationship between the structure of the sentence and the organization of discourse. Experts in the field make use of data from a variety of languages to examine the nature of these relations, where they come from, and how they apply. Editor(s): Gueron, Jacqueline. Series: Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; CFG; CFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 508.
This book looks at the relationship between the structure of the sentence and the organization of discourse. While a sentence obeys specific grammatical rules, the coherence of a discourse is instead dependent on the relations between the sentences it contains. In this volume, leading syntacticians, semanticists, and philosophers examine the nature of these relations, where they come from, and how they apply. Chapters in Part I address points of sentence grammar in different languages, including mood and tense in Spanish, definite determiners in French and Bulgarian, and the influence of aktionsart on the acquisition of tense by English, French, and ... Read more
This book looks at the relationship between the structure of the sentence and the organization of discourse. While a sentence obeys specific grammatical rules, the coherence of a discourse is instead dependent on the relations between the sentences it contains. In this volume, leading syntacticians, semanticists, and philosophers examine the nature of these relations, where they come from, and how they apply. Chapters in Part I address points of sentence grammar in different languages, including mood and tense in Spanish, definite determiners in French and Bulgarian, and the influence of aktionsart on the acquisition of tense by English, French, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
Series
Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198739425
SKU
V9780198739425
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About J (Ed) Gueron
Jacqueline Guéron is Emeritus Professor at the Université Paris 3. She holds a Ph.D in French Literature from the University of Pennsylvania and a Doctorat d'Etat from the Université Paris 7. She has co-edited a number of works on subjects dealing with syntax and construal, most recently on tense, modality, and Creole syntax. She is co-author, with Liliane Haegeman, of ... Read more
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