Topic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions /

Topic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions /

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Author / Creator:Berge, Anna.
Imprint:Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
Description:xiv, 445 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the native languages of the Americas
Studies in the native languages of the Americas.
Subject:
Kalâtdlisut dialect -- Discourse analysis.
Kalâtdlisut dialect -- Syntax.
Kalâtdlisut dialect -- Syntax.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8771603
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Other authors / contributors:Indiana University, Bloomington. American Indian Studies Research Institute.
ISBN:9780803216457 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803216459 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:"In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of tables
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • List of abbreviations
  • Orthographic conventions
  • 1. Introduction
  • 1.1. Overview of West Greenlandic grammar
  • 1.2. The Inuit language in syntactic theory
  • 1.3. Approaches to the study of discourse
  • 1.4. Theoretical approach to discourse structure in West Greenlandic
  • 2. Topic (and Theme) as Discourse Roles
  • 2.1. Issues in the definition of topic
  • 2.2. Issues in the definition of theme
  • 2.3. Introduction and identification of topics and themes
  • 2.4. Discourse roles
  • 3. Ergativity as a Reflection of Topic Status
  • 3.1. Ergativity in West Greenlandic
  • 3.2. Treatment of ergativity in modern syntactic theories of West Greenlandic
  • 3.3. Subjecthood, agency, and topic
  • 3.4. Role of topic in the use and distribution of ergative structures in West Greenlandic
  • 3.5. Data analysis
  • 3.6. Chapter conclusion
  • 4. Switch-Reference or Thematic Coherence and Topic Continuity?
  • 4.1. Switch-reference in West Greenlandic
  • 4.2. Switch-reference as a system of subject or topic/thematic coherence
  • 4.3. Role of topic in the use and distribution of switch-reference marking in West Greenlandic
  • 4.4. Data analysis
  • 4.4.1. Subordinate pronominal inflection
  • 4.4.2. Contemporatives and participials
  • 4.4.2.1. The contemporative
  • 4.4.2.2. The participial
  • 4.5. Chapter conclusion
  • 5. Conclusion
  • 5.1. Findings
  • 5.2. Some comments on the role of discourse in linguistic descriptions
  • Appendix
  • A1. Notes on data collection
  • A2. Notes on transcription and intonation
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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