TY - BOOK AU - AU - Price,Glanville TI - Discourse and pragmatic constraints on grammatical choices: a grammar of surprises SN - 0444820434 AV - P302 .M34 1994 U1 - 401.41 MAN 20 PY - 1994/// CY - Amsterdam, New York PB - Elsevier KW - Discourse analysis KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Pragmatics N1 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/94039160-d.html ER -