Functional Discourse Grammar A Typologically-Based Theory of Language Structure |
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| Author:
| Hengeveld, Kees
Mackenzie, J. Lachlan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-927811-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2008 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $77.00 |
Book Description:
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This book is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages across a full range of linguistic families.
This book is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages across a full range of linguistic families.