Topic and Discourse Structure in West Greenlandic Agreement Constructions

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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West Greenlandic Eskimo, a part of the Eskimo-Aleut language family spoken all across the Arctic, is primarily found among the Native peoples of central west Greenland. In this highly nuanced study of West Greenlandic, linguist Anna Berge examines how the speaker's role affects syntactic structures within discourse. Also included are transcripts of conversations with fluent Native speakers, providing a practical context in which to examine these grammatical questions. This study was the winner of the prestigious Mary R. Haas Award, presented annually by the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas, the highest award given in the study of Native languages.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-07-01
Mått152 x 229 x 36 mm
Vikt771 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieStudies in the Native Languages of the Americas
Antal sidor277
FörlagUniversity of Nebraska Press
ISBN9780803216457

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List of tables Preface Acknowledgments List of abbreviations Orthographic conventions 1 Introduction1.1 Overview of West Greenlandic grammar 1.2 The Inuit language in syntactic theory 1.3 Approaches to the study of discourse 1.4 Theoretical approach to discourse structure in West Greenlandic 2 Topic (and theme) as discourse roles2.1 Issues in the definition of topic 2.2 Issues in the definition of theme 2.3 The introduction and identification of topics and themes 2.4 Discourse roles 3 Ergativity as a reflection of topic status3.1 Ergativity in West Greenlandic 3.2 The treatment of ergativity in modern syntactic theories of West Greenlandic 3.3 Subjecthood, agency, and topic 3.4 The role of topic in the use and distribution of ergative structures in West Greenlandic 3.5 Data analysis 3.6 Chapter conclusion 4 Switch-reference or thematic coherence and topic continuity?4.1 Switch-reference in West Greenlandic 4.2 Switch-reference as a system of subject or topic/thematic coherence 4.3 Role of topic in the use and distribution of switch-reference marking in West Greenlandic 4.4 Data analysis 4.4.1 Subordinate pronominal inflection 4.4.2 Contemporatives and participials 4.4.2.1 The contemporative 4.4.2.2 The participial 4.5 Chapter conclusion 5 Conclusion5.1 Findings 5.2 Some comments on the role of discourse in linguistic descriptions AppendixA1 Notes on data collection A2 Notes on transcription and intonation Notes References Index