Function and structure, in honor of Susumu Kuno / edited by Akio Kamio, Ken-ichi Takami.

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TextSeries: Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 59.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.Description: 1 online resource (x, 398 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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9789027299079
9027299072
9781556198229
1556198221

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Function and structure, in honor of Susumu Kuno.DDC classification:

410/.1/8 21

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P147.K86 F86 1998eb

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Contents:

FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Preface; A Comparison of Postposed Subjects in English and Italian; A Functional Constraint on Extraposition from NP; The Speech Act Empathy Hierarchy and Russian Possessives; Aspects of Hypothetical Meaning in Japanese Conditionals; A Context-Based Account of English Passives with Indefinite Subjects; Observations on Three Anaphoric Expressions in Japanese; Qualification and Point of View; Towards a Theory of Desirability in Conditional Reasoning

Relative Tense and Absolute Tense in Adverbial Adjuncts in JapaneseSpecific NP in Scope; Some Referential Properties of English It and That; The Role of Empathy in Sentence Production; Personal Pronoun Shift in Japanese: A Case Study in Lexical Change and Point of View; Subject Index; Name Index; PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES

Summary: This collection of papers on functional syntax shows the development of a specific stream of functional linguistics initiated by Susumu Kuno of Harvard University. Inspired by Prague School linguists such as Jan Firbas and Vilém Mathesius, Kuno developed a more comprehensive and theory-oriented approach and linked it with the American formalist approach of generative grammar.His approach is thus a unique combination of functionalism and formalism that constantly urges the promotion of interactions between these two major trends in linguistics. The papers in this collection coherently dea.

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This collection of papers on functional syntax shows the development of a specific stream of functional linguistics initiated by Susumu Kuno of Harvard University. Inspired by Prague School linguists such as Jan Firbas and Vilém Mathesius, Kuno developed a more comprehensive and theory-oriented approach and linked it with the American formalist approach of generative grammar.His approach is thus a unique combination of functionalism and formalism that constantly urges the promotion of interactions between these two major trends in linguistics. The papers in this collection coherently dea.

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