Pragmatic particles : findings from Asian languages /
Jieun Kiaer.
Bok Engelsk 2020
| Omfang | 1 online resource (257 pages) : : illustrations.
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| Opplysninger | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Modelling Flexible Word Orders -- 3. Efficiency Grammar -- 4. Multi-Dimensional Meanings -- 5. Socio-Pragmatic Meanings -- 6. Particles as a Meaning Complex -- 7. Pragmatic Syntax -- 8. Constructive Particles and Syntactic Fluidity -- 9. Expressive Particles and Socio-Pragmatic Complexity -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.. - "Shedding new light on the constructive and expressive role of particles in natural language syntax and semantics, this book demonstrates that particle behaviours are neither arbitrary nor peripheral. Based on SOV agglutinative languages situated in Asia, previously overlooked in theoretical linguistics, Jieun Kiaer argues that particle behaviours are motivated socio-pragmatically and play a crucial role in explaining syntactic and semantic phenomena. With data drawn from Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Tamil, Turkish and Urdu, the constructive and attitudinal natures of the particles in these languages are analysed and modelled to that fundamentally syntactic decisions are driven by socio-pragmatic needs"--
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| ISBN | 1-350-11847-8. - 1-350-11848-6. - 1-350-11849-4
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