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Title Connectivity in grammar and discourse / edited by Jochen Rehbein, Christiane Hohenstein, Lukas Pietsch
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 465 pages)
Series Hamburg studies on multilingualism, 1571-4934 ; v. 5
Hamburg studies on multilingualism ; v. 5. 1571-4934
Contents Connectivity in Grammar and Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Connectivity as an object of linguistics; I. Aspects of language changeand language acquisition; II. Pronouns, topics and subjects; III. Finiteness in text and discourse; IV. Subordination -- coordination; V. Adverbs, particles and constructions; Matrix constructions; Language index; Name index; Subject index; The series Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism
Summary In this collection of carefully selected papers connectivity is looked at from the vantage points of language contact, language change, language acquisition, multilingual communication and related domains based on various European and Non-European languages. From typological and multilingual perspectives the focus of investigation is on the grammatical architecture of a number of linguistic devices that interconnect units of text and discourse. The volume is organized along central concepts: A general section deals with connectivity in language change and language acquisition, subdivisions are
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Connectives.
Discourse analysis
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
Discourse analysis
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Connectives
Connectives.
Form Electronic book
Author Rehbein, Jochen.
Hohenstein, Christiane.
Pietsch, Lukas.
LC no. 2007060663
ISBN 9789027292483
9027292485
9027219257
9789027219251
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9781282154605
9786612154607
6612154608