Discourse and pragmatic constraints on grammatical choices : a grammar of surprises /
Maria Manoliu-Manea ; edited by Glanville Price.
- Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1994.
- xxiii, 416 p. ; 23 cm.
- North-Holland linguistic series ; 57 .
Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-394) and index.
Part One: Topicality and Centrality I. Discourse salience and staging effects: The grammar of the direct object II. The grammar of whole/part relations III. Reflexive passive versus plain passive IV. Discourse coherence and verbal non-tensed forms: The suppine
Part Two: Expectation V. Identity and denial: The pragmatics of 'same' and 'self' VI. Beyond logical operators: Romanian adversative conjunctions
Part Three: Grammar and Narrative Strategies VII. The narrative functions of cross-sentential anaphoric subjects VIII. Iconicity in synthax: Past tenses in middle Romanian. In Lieu of Conclusion IX. A multivariable model of gender: When neuter becomes neutral
General Bibliography Index of Linguistic Terms
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Discourse analysis. Grammar, Comparative and general. Pragmatics.