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Author Englebretson, Robert.

Title Searching for structure : the problem of complementation in colloquial Indonesian conversation / Robert Englebretson
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (x, 205 pages)
Series Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 13
Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 13.
Contents Searching for Structure; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Preliminaries; Chapter 2. Juxtaposed clauses; Chapter 3. Complementizers in context: An analysis of bahwa; Chapter 4. Verbs in series; Chapter 5. Epistemic -nya constructions; Chapter 6. Conclusion; References; Appendices; Name index; Subject index; The series STUDIES IN DISCOURSE AND GRAMMAR
Summary This book argues against the existence of complementation in colloquial Indonesian, and discusses the ramifications of these findings for a discourse-functional understanding of grammatical categories and linguistic structure. Based on a close analysis of a corpus of spontaneous conversational Indonesian data, the author examines four construction types which express what is often encoded by complements in other languages: juxtaposed clauses, material introduced by the discourse marker bahwa, serial verbs, and epistemic expressions with the suffix -nya. These four construction types offer no e
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and indexes
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Subject Indonesian language -- Discourse analysis
Indonesian language -- Complement
Indonesian language -- Semantics
Indonesian language -- Verb
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous.
Indonesian language -- Semantics
Indonesian language -- Verb
Bahasa Indonesia.
Conversatie.
Complement (taalkunde)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789027296726
9027296723
9027226237
9789027226235
1588113671
9781588113672