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Function and structure, in honor of Susumu Kuno / edited by Akio Kamio, Ken-ichi Takami

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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999.
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1 online resource (x, 398 pages) : illustrations
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Kamio, Akio, 1942-, Takami, Ken'ichi, 1952-2022, and Kuno, Susumu, 1933-
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FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of Contents; Preface; A Comparison of Postposed Subjects in English and Italian; A Functional Constraint on Extraposition from NP; The Speech Act Empathy Hierarchy and Russian Possessives; Aspects of Hypothetical Meaning in Japanese Conditionals; A Context-Based Account of English Passives with Indefinite Subjects; Observations on Three Anaphoric Expressions in Japanese; Qualification and Point of View; Towards a Theory of Desirability in Conditional Reasoning and Relative Tense and Absolute Tense in Adverbial Adjuncts in JapaneseSpecific NP in Scope; Some Referential Properties of English It and That; The Role of Empathy in Sentence Production; Personal Pronoun Shift in Japanese: A Case Study in Lexical Change and Point of View; Subject Index; Name Index; PRAGMATICS AND BEYOND NEW SERIES
Summary
This collection of papers on functional syntax shows the development of a specific stream of functional linguistics initiated by Susumu Kuno of Harvard University. Inspired by Prague School linguists such as Jan Firbas and Vilém Mathesius, Kuno developed a more comprehensive and theory-oriented approach and linked it with the American formalist approach of generative grammar.His approach is thus a unique combination of functionalism and formalism that constantly urges the promotion of interactions between these two major trends in linguistics. The papers in this collection coherently dea.
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9789027299079 (electronic bk.)
9027299072 (electronic bk.)
9781556198229 (alk. paper)
1556198221 (alk. paper)
9027250731 (Eur.)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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