Multiple Perspectives in Linguistic Research on Baltic Languages:
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Main Author: Usoniene, Aurelija (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars Pub. 2012
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Item Description:TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; EPISTEMIC NECESSITY IN A PARALLEL CORPUS; WHAT CAN CHILD LANGUAGE TELL US ABOUT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT?; PART II; 'GOOD LANGUAGE' AND INSECURE SPEAKERS; THE DISCOURSE OF FOOD PROMOTION; ADVERBIALS AS HEDGING DEVICES IN LITHUANIAN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE; PART III; REPORTIVE EVIDENTIALITY AND REPORTED SPEECH; THE SPECIFYING EXISTENTIAL SENTENCE TYPE IN LITHUANIAN; LITHUANIAN IMPERSONAL MODAL VERBS REIK(E)TI 'NEED' AND TEKTI 'BE GOTTEN'; THE SEMANTICS AND DISTRIBUTION OF LATVIAN REFLEXIVE VERBS.
DO WE NEED TO COUNT NUMERALS AS A PART OF SPEECH IN LITHUANIAN?CONTRIBUTORS; SUBJECT INDEX.
The ten contributions to this volume present original research on grammar and discourse in modern Lithuanian and Latvian. They reflect the diversity of approaches in linguistic research on Baltic languages that has developed in recent years, after a period where these languages were studied almost exclusively from the perspective of historical-comparative linguistics. Current research perspectives include, among others, perspectives from discourse analysis, sociolinguistics, language acquisit ..
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (295 pages)
ISBN:1443836850
9781443836852

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