17.485, Books: Discourse Analysis/Morphology/Syntax: Ewing

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Date: 27-Jan-2006
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Grammar and Inference in Conversation: Ewing 

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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:05:15
From: Paul Peranteau < paul at benjamins.com >
Subject: Grammar and Inference in Conversation: Ewing 

Title: Grammar and Inference in Conversation 
Subtitle: Identifying clause structure in spoken Javanese 
Series Title: Studies in Discourse and Grammar 18  

Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.com/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=SiDaG%2018 

Author: Michael C. Ewing, University of Melbourne

Hardback: ISBN: 9027226288 Pages: x, 276 Price: U.S. $ 150.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027226288 Pages: x, 276 Price: Europe EURO 125.00

Abstract:

This study analyzes how morphosyntactic structures and information flow
characteristics are used by interlocutors in producing and understanding
clauses in conversational Javanese, focusing on the Cirebon variety of the
language. While some clauses display grammatical mechanisms used to code
their structure explicitly and redundantly, many other clauses include few
if any of these grammatical resources. These extremes mark a cline between
the morphosyntactic and paratactic expression of clauses. The situation is
thrown into relief by the frequency of unexpressed referents and
conversationalists' heavy reliance on shared experience and cultural
knowledge. In all cases, pragmatic inference grounded in the interactional
context is essential for establishing not only the discourse functions, but
indeed also the very structure of clauses in conversational Javanese. This
study contributes to our understanding of transitivity, emergent
constituency, prosodic organization and the co-construction of meaning and
structure by conversational interlocutors. 

Table of contents

Acknowledgements  vii-ix  
1. Introduction  1-13  
2. The Morphology of Predicates  15-62  
3. The Morphology of Nominal Expressions  63-117  
4. Information Flow  119-156  
5. Constituents and Constituent Order  157-221  
6. Clauses and Interaction  223-245  
7. Conclusion  247-254  
Notes  255-257  
References  259-265  
Appendix  267-269  
Author index  271-272  
Subject index  273-276 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Morphology
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Javanese (jav)

Written In: English  (eng)

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