Browsing Department of Linguistics & TESOL by Subject "Discourse"
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ASPECTS OF THE KAM LANGUAGE, AS REVEALED IN ITS NARRATIVE DISCOURSE
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2004-08)Discourse analysis has long been understudied in Kam. This research aims to initiate the exploration of this new field by examining various aspects of Kam narrative discourse and reveal its structural properties through a ... -
A DISCOURSE ANALYSIS OF 1 PETER
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2005-05)The study focuses on two problems. The first concerns the structure of the text. The text is considered to be notoriously difficult to outline. The second problem is the function of the participle in 1 Peter. The letter ... -
Subjectless sentences in English
(Linguistics & TESOL, 1994)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: One of the goals of modern linguistics is to develop a model of Universal Grammar which captures natural language features that are universal, while also accounting ... -
TRANSPARENCY AND SPREADING OF TENSE, ASPECT, AND MOOD IN KUCHE NARRATIVE DISCOURSE
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2003-12)Though clauses of Kuche can be grammatically marked—usually by verb prefixes or auxiliary verbs—for tense and/or aspect and/or mood (TAM), in discourse, very few clauses are actually marked for these categories. Instead, ...