Searching for structure : the problem of complementation in colloquial Indonesian conversation /

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Author / Creator:	Englebretson, Robert.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003.
Description:	1 online resource (x, 205 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 13 Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 13.
Subject:	Indonesian language -- Discourse analysis. Indonesian language -- Complement. Indonesian language -- Semantics. Indonesian language -- Verb. Indonesian language -- Semantics. Indonesian language -- Verb. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11186462

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ISBN:	9789027296726 9027296723 9027226237 9789027226235 1588113671 9781588113672
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	This book argues against the existence of complementation in colloquial Indonesian, and discusses the ramifications of these findings for a discourse-functional understanding of grammatical categories and linguistic structure. Based on a close analysis of a corpus of spontaneous conversational Indonesian data, the author examines four construction types which express what is often encoded by complements in other languages: juxtaposed clauses, material introduced by the discourse marker bahwa, serial verbs, and epistemic expressions with the suffix -nya. These four construction types offer no e.
Other form:	Print version: Englebretson, Robert. Searching for structure. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2003 9027226237 9789027226235

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