28.4282, Books: The Substance and Value of Italian 'Si': Davis

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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 12:19:01
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Substance and Value of Italian 'Si': Davis

 


Title: The Substance and Value of Italian 'Si' 
Series Title: Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 74  

Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/sfsl.74 


Author: Joseph Davis

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027265272 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027265272 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027265272 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027215840 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 158.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027215840 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 88.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027215840 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 111.30


Abstract:

This book offers an original treatment of the Italian clitic 'si'. Sharply
separating encoded grammar from inference in discourse, it proposes a unitary
meaning for 'si', including impersonals, passives, and reflexives. 'Si'
signals third-person participancy but makes no distinctions of number, gender,
or case role. The analysis advances the Columbia School framework by relying
on just these straightforward oppositions, attributing variety of
interpretation largely to language use rather than to grammar. The analysis
places 'si' within a network of oppositions involving all the other clitics.
Data come primarily from twentieth-century and more recent published and
on-line literature. The book will be of interest to functional linguists,
students of reflexivity, and scholars of the Italian language.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Pragmatics
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): Italian (ita)


Written In: English  (eng)

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