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Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa

Stephen H. Levinsohn
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Description:Presents 12 papers on coherence, participant reference, and Relevance Theory in Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon. The papers are organized into three sections to explain the linguistic features of Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon whose meaning can only be explained by taking into account domains larger than the sentence. Folk tales and other narratives are used to illustrate discourse features of 10 languages from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, and Zaïre. The first section concentrates on how coherence is maintained in a text when the author introduces a local discontinuity. The second section identifies factors which affect the amount of encoding used as a speaker refers to participants throughout a discourse. The third section presents data that applies insights from Relevance Theory. Describes markers of prominence and backgrounding.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa. To get started finding Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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264
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Publisher
Sil International, Global Publishing
Release
1994
ISBN
h9IiAQAAMAAJ

Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa

Stephen H. Levinsohn
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Description: Presents 12 papers on coherence, participant reference, and Relevance Theory in Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon. The papers are organized into three sections to explain the linguistic features of Niger-Congo and Chadic languages of Cameroon whose meaning can only be explained by taking into account domains larger than the sentence. Folk tales and other narratives are used to illustrate discourse features of 10 languages from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria, and Zaïre. The first section concentrates on how coherence is maintained in a text when the author introduces a local discontinuity. The second section identifies factors which affect the amount of encoding used as a speaker refers to participants throughout a discourse. The third section presents data that applies insights from Relevance Theory. Describes markers of prominence and backgrounding.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa. To get started finding Discourse Features of Ten Languages of West-Central Africa, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages
264
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Sil International, Global Publishing
Release
1994
ISBN
h9IiAQAAMAAJ

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