Topic and discourse structure in West Greenlandic agreement constructions

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ISBN: 9780803226869 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0803226861 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0803216459 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780803216457 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780803216457 (cloth : alk. paper)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 445 p.)
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.

General Note:	"In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington." CatBulkString:jan.25.13 CatBulkString:jan.03.13 CatMonthString:jan.13 Multi-User. "In cooperation with the American Indian Studies Research Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington"
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Orthographic Conventions; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Overview of West Greenlandic grammar; 1.2 Inuit language in syntactic theory; 1.3 Approaches to the study of discourse; 1.4 Theoretical approach to discourse structure in West Greenlandic; 2 Topic (and theme) as discourse roles; 2.1 Issues in the definition of topic; 2.2 Issues in the definition of theme; 2.3 Introduction and identification of topics and themes; 2.4 Discourse roles; 3 Ergativity as a reflection of topic status.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.