{"product_id":"typological-discourse-analysis-hardback-9780631176145","title":"Typological Discourse Analysis (Hardback) 9780631176145","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTypological Discourse Analysis\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJohn Myhill (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631176145, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 8 October 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This is an excellent book. It provides the reader with a good account of recent work on quantitative discourse approaches to language universals and typology, with plenty of exemplification, in a way that shows the reader not only how one can do this kind of work but why it is interesting and revealing to do so. No other book comes even close to this one in its scope.\" \u003ci\u003eBernard Comrie, University of Southern California\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book for linguists and qualitative discourse analysts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThose working in the areas of theoretical or descriptive linguistics will find \u003ci\u003eTypological Discourse Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e a valuable resource. It provides tools for linguists and offers a framework for the description of linguistic function. Functional parameters are presented that have been identified as important in the world's languages. This book also shares data from various languages for those linguists involved in language typology. It presents quantitative methods of analysis, while discussing topics of interest such as word order, clause-chaining and noun incorporation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgements vi \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnalyzing NP Types 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTense and Aspect 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoice Alternations 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWord Order Variation 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Other Topics of Quantitative Research 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Conclusion 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 282\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 289\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52316771942680,"sku":"9780631176145","price":56.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780631176145.jpg?v=1781824365","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/typological-discourse-analysis-hardback-9780631176145","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}