Functional Discourse Grammar: A Typologically-based Theory of Language Structure
- ISBN-10
- 0199278113
- ISBN-13
- 9780199278114
- Category
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Pages
- 503
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford Linguistics
- Authors
- Kees Hengeveld, J. Lachlan Mackenzie
Description
This is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages across a full range of linguistic families.
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