Syntax in the making : the emergence of syntactic units in Finnish conversation /

Research on the interplay between language structure and language use has shown that grammar is shaped, maintained, and modified by language use. In this view, then, grammar is not seen as existing apart from language use, but rather as a set of recurrent, grammaticized patterns of discourse. This b...

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Main Author: Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, PA : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 2001.
Series:Studies in discourse and grammar ; v. 9.
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Online Access:CONNECT