Qualitative-Quantitative Analyses of Dutch and Afrikaans Grammar and Lexicon
Author:   Robert S. Kirsner (University of California, Los Angeles)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   67
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9789027215772


Pages:   239
Publication Date:   27 February 2014
Format:   Hardback
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Sharing certain assumptions but differing in theory and practice, both Columbia School linguistics (CS) and Cognitive Grammar (CG) have increasingly supported their analyses with quantitative evidence. Citation of individual sentences, in isolation or in context, has been supplemented with counts of linguistic forms in texts, informant questionnaires, and perception tests. The present volume, continuing a dialogue between CS and CG, offers six such qualitative-quantitative studies, one on Afrikaans and five on Dutch. Topics include (a) demonstratives, (b) pragmatic particles and imperatives, (c) a puzzling “dismissive” idiom, (d) progressive aspect, and (e) indirect objects. While CS is better suited for analyzing relatively closed systems (e.g. tense, pronouns), CG provides more insight into the vagaries of the amorphous lexicon. The author also offers personal remarks on “linguistics as a path” and discusses how in one case a wrong prediction reflects his dual role as both linguist and student of Dutch as a foreign language.

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Author:   Robert S. Kirsner (University of California, Los Angeles)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   67
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9789027215772


ISBN 10:   9027215774
Pages:   239
Publication Date:   27 February 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

2. Acknowledgements; 3. 1. Introduction; 4. 2. The Dutch demonstrative adjectives: Analyses and responses; 5. 3. The Afrikaans demonstratives and instructional meanings; 6. 4. On imperatives and pragmatic particles; 7. 5. What it takes to understand how one Dutch idiom works; 8. 6. Further explorations; 9. 7. Afterword; 10. References and corpora; 11. Name index; 12. Subject index

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