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This volume combines papers selected for their affinity with work on discourse analysis and language typology. The methodological platform is the authors' conviction that all linguistic work needs to be empirical in the sense that (1) generalizations are to be made on the basis of spoken texts in larger contexts, (2) generalizations are correct only as long as pertinent linguistic material does not contradict them, and (3) that linguistic categories and rules are of a temporal nature. In this sense, the contributions represent 'functional typological' comparison, often of languages not frequently investigated. The papers are arranged in 5 groups: Transitivity and voice; Clausal modality; Typology and discourse categories; Language and Culture; Functionality.
This volume combines papers selected for their affinity with work on discourse analysis and language typology. The methodological platform is the authors' convi
In grammar design, a basic distinction is made between derivational and modular architectures. This raises the question of which organization of grammar can dea
This volume combines papers selected for their affinity with work on discourse analysis and language typology. The methodological platform is the authors' convi
Bringing together papers from various subfields of theoretical linguistics, this volume gives a representative glimpse of current research on form and function
This is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary