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Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas

Information Structure in Indigenous Languages of the Americas Syntactic Approaches - Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

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Publisher's Synopsis

This collection of articles explores how the grammar of several native languages of The Americas presents new and old information, question-formation and other functions related to the broader discourse. The concepts addressed in the collection are explained in an introduction to the volume. Included languages are Karaja, Kuikuro, Lushootseed, Southern Quechua, Shipbo, Tariana, Yaqui and Yucatec Maya.

Book information

ISBN: 9783111744933
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton
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Language: English
Number of pages: 217
Weight: -1g
Height: 230mm
Width: 155mm