Layered Structure and Reference in a Functional Perspective : Papers from the Functional Grammar Conference, Copenhagen, 1990.

This volume contains revised and expanded versions of those papers from the 1990 Functional Grammar Conference in Copenhagen that contributed specifically to the current investigation of clause structure in terms of semantic layers. One of the key concepts in this discussion is reference'. Some...

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Main Author: Fortescue, Michael
Other Authors: Harder, Peter, Kristoffersen, Lars
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1992.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9789027282903
9027282900
1283222272
9781283222273
9786613222275
6613222275
ISSN:0922-842X ;
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • LAYERED STRUCTURE AND REFERENCE IN A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Predicates as Referring Expressions; Parts of Speech; Predication, Aspect, and Negation; Subjective vs. Objective Modality: What Is the Difference?; Aspect and Superaspect in Koyukon: An Application of the Functional Grammar Model toa Polysynthetic Language; Derivation and Inflection in a Functional Grammarof West Greenlandic; Unit Accentuation as an Expression Device forPredicate Formation. The Case of Syntactic NounIncorporation in Danish.
  • The Treatment of Turkish Nominal Compounds in FGPlaces and Things; Classifiers in a Functional Perspective; Semantic Content and Linguistic Structure inFunctional Grammar. On the Semantics of 'Nounhood'; Free Relatives; Number, Gender and Countability in Danish: An FG Approach; Conditionals in the Layered Structure of Functional Grammar; Limits to Layering: Locatability and Other Problems; Layers in FG and GB; Subject Index; Index of Names.