Degrees of explicitness : information structure and the packaging of Bulgarian subjects and objects /

This book explores factors relevant in the choices speakers and writers make in regard to explicitness of reference to the subjects and objects in their utterances. Bulgarian is a particularly felicitous target language for this type of study, since it possesses a rich inventory of available packagi...

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Main Author: Leafgren, John
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 2002
Series:Pragmatics & beyond ; new ser. 102.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Degrees of Explicitness; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication; Table of contents; Tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Subjects; Chapter 3: Direct and indirect objects; Chapter 4: Conclusion; Notes; Data sources; References; Appendix: Oral data examples prior to normalization; Index; Pragmatics and Beyond New Series.