The Grammar of Interactives

by Bernd Heine

This book explores a domain of discourse processing referred to as 'interactive grammar', based on an analysis of grammatical descriptions of over 100 languages spoken across the world. While much previous work has treated interactive grammar as a fairly marginal part of language, Bernd Heine describes it here as a distinct category that contrasts with sentence grammar both in its functions and its structural behavior. He identifies ten types of interactives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192871498
• ISBN13: 9780192871497
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.6" x 8.9"