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Prominence in Austronesian

Edited by Bethwyn Evans, Edited by Åshild Næss, Edited by Jozina Vander Klok

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The cognitive concept of prominence is increasingly seen as key to understanding the organisation of grammar. This volume explores the encoding of prominence in languages from across the Austronesian family. The contributions show how prominence is relevant to understanding asymmetries at different levels of grammatical structure, from discourse and information structure to argument expression and socio-pragmatics. Moreover, common themes across contributions point to crosslinguistic tendencies that underpin the conventionalisation of communicative patterns for coordinating interlocutors' attention, and to points of departure for further crosslinguistic exploration of how grammatical asymmetries can be explained in terms of prominence.

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Publisher | De Gruyter
Published date | 29 Jan 2024
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 337
Dimensions | 230 x 155 x 0mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 610g
ISBN | 978-3-1107-3541-3
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BISAC | language arts & disciplines / linguistics

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