Language Typology: A Functional Perspective (Amsterdam Studies in the Theory & History of Linguistic Science: Series Iv: Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 253, Band 253) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1588115593 ISBN 13: 9781588115591

Verlag: John Benjamins Pub Co, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

This book is intended as a systemic functional contribution to language typology both for those who would like to understand and describe particular languages against the background of generalizations about a wide range of languages and also for those who would like to develop typological accounts that are based on and embody descriptions of the systems of particular languages (rather than isolated constructions). The book is a unique contribution in at least two respects. On the one hand, it is the first book based on systemic functional theory that is specifically concerned with language typology. On the other hand, the book combines the particular with the general in the description of languages: it presents comparable sketches of particular languages while at the same time identifying generalizations based on the languages described here as well as on other languages.
The volume explores eight languages, covering seven language families: French, German, Pitjantjatjara, Tagalog, Telugu, Vietnamese, Chinese, and Japanese.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: John Benjamins Pub Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1588115593
• ISBN 13: 9781588115591
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 700
• Herausgeber: Caffarel Alice, Martin J. R., Matthiessen Christian M. I. M.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar