Mamanwa paragraphs

Authors

Helen W. Miller, SIL-UND
Jeanne Miller, SIL-UND

DOI

10.31356/silwp.vol17.16

Abstract

From the introduction: "This paper describes the five contrastive paragraph types in Mamanwa. The five semantic categories of paragraphs are Narrative, Procedural, Explanatory, Hortatory, and Dialogue. Form categories on the paragraph level, as on the sentence level, are simple, antithetical, coordinate, and parallel.

"The five semantic categories contrast structurally in (1) the kinds of tagmemes which compose the nucleus of each paragraph type, (2) the kinds of focus and aspect affixes on the verbs in the nucleus, particularly in Narrative versus Procedural paragraphs, (3) the kinds of mode affixes on the verbs, and the kinds of personal pronouns in the nucleus, particularly in Hortatory versus Explanatory paragraphs, (4) the linkage mechanism, particularly in Narrative versus Procedural paragraphs, and (5) the marking of paragraph topic."

Recommended Citation

Miller, Helen W. and Miller, Jeanne (1973) "Mamanwa paragraphs," Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session: Vol. 17, Article 16.
DOI: 10.31356/silwp.vol17.16
Available at: https://commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol17/iss1/16