Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar |
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| Author:
| Foley, William A.
Van Valin, Robert D. |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-26904-9 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1984 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $61.99 |
Book Description:
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A great deal of the grammatical machinery in a language is devoted to the speaker's ability to signal the temporal relations between different events and different people making it clear who is being talked about. Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar explores how different grammatical systems accomplish this.
A great deal of the grammatical machinery in a language is devoted to the speaker's ability to signal the temporal relations between different events and different people making it clear who is being talked about. Functional Syntax and Universal Grammar explores how different grammatical systems accomplish this.