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3. Selected Papers on Comparative Tai Studies

Author

Edmondson, Jerold A.

Subjects
Selected Papers on Comparative Tai Studies (Book) -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Languages and linguistics
Published
1997

7. Introduction

Author

Payne, Thomas E.

Subjects
Grammaticality (Linguistics) -- Analysis, Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) -- Analysis, Languages and linguistics
Abstract

A collection of papers is presented to encourage the production of good, accessible, detailed grammars of the many undescribed languages of the world. Experienced grammar writers and users have provided suggestions regarding concrete methods for approaching the complex task of writing a descriptive grammar of a language.

Published
2006

8. The relationship between demonstratives and interrogatives

Author

Diessel, Holger

Subjects
Linguistic research -- Evaluation, Language and languages -- Evaluation, Languages and linguistics
Abstract

Based on research of hundred languages, this paper examines two types of expressions that seem to exist in all languages, demonstratives and interrogatives, encoding the same semantic features like person, thing, place, direction, manner, time, and amount. Grammatical markers organize the information flow in discourse, whilst basic demonstratives and interrogatives are concerned with the speaker-hearer interaction.

Published
2003