Interrogativity : a colloquium on the grammar, typology, and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th, 1981-May 3rd, 1982

Author(s)

• Chisholm, William
• Milic, Louis Tonko
• Greppin, John A. C.
• Colloquium on Interrogativity ( : Cleveland State University)

Bibliographic Information

Interrogativity : a colloquium on the grammar, typology, and pragmatics of questions in seven diverse languages, Cleveland, Ohio, October 5th, 1981-May 3rd, 1982

William S. Chisholm, editor, Louis T. Milic, associate editor, John A.C. Greppin, consulting editor

（Typological studies in language, v. 4）

J. Benjamins Pub. Co, 1984

• pbk.
• pbk.

Note

Written versions of talks presented at the Colloquium on Interrogativity

Includes bibliographies and index

Contents of Works

• Introduction
• Interrogativity in : Russian / Bernard Comrie. Mandarin / Charles N. Li & Sandra A. Thompson. Georgian / Alice C. Harris. Bengali / P.K. Saha. Japanese / John Hinds. West Greenlandic / Jerrold M. Sadock. Ute / T. Givón
• Plenary session (including T. Givón: The speech-act continuum)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a comparative study on the subject of interrogativity, presenting broad and narrow attributes on this subject in diverse languages: Russian, Mandarin, Georgian, Bengali, Bantu, Japanese, West Greenlandic and Ute. Each contribution presents, first the basic facts about the language in question, its more recent provenience, facts about numbers of speakers, writing systems, and related areal and sociolinguistic points. An overview of the typological hallmarks follows together with a sketch of the grammar broadly construed. Finally, the grammar of interrogativity is described and the semantics and pragmatics of it are explored.

Table of Contents

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Interrogativity in
• 3. Russian (by Comrie, Bernard)
• 4. Mandarin (by Li, Charles N.)
• 5. Georgian (by Harris, Alice C.)
• 6. Bengali (by Saha, P.K.)
• 7. Japanese (by Hinds, John)
• 8. West Greenlandic (by Sadock, Jerrold M.)
• 9. Ute (by Givon, T.)
• 10. Plenary Session (including T. Givon: "The Speech-act Continuum")
• 11. General Bibliography
• 12. Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA61749610
• ISBN:
  • 902722868X
  • 9027228647
  • 091502702X
  • 0915027038
• LCCN: 84009302
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia
• Pages/Volumes: 302 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P299.I57
  • DC19 : 415
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Grammar, Comparative and general -- Interrogative -- Congresses
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00242896