Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session
DOI
10.31356/silwp.vol31.01
Abstract
From the introduction: "In this paper, I will be making a small exploration into the question: What variety is present in human languages in regard to a basic, unmarked pragmatic configuration? After presenting some preliminary notions (Sect. 2) and the evidence for Topic-Comment in Mbyá Guaraní, Comment-Topic in Hixkaryana, and Focus-Presupposition in Xavante (Sect. 3-5), I will discuss the problem of V-only languages (Sect. 6), and then some considerations regarding a universal framework for the study of pragmatic configurations (Sect.7)."
Recommended Citation
Dooley, Robert A.
(1987)
"Basic configurations of pragmatic structuring,"
Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session: Vol. 31, Article 1.
DOI: 10.31356/silwp.vol31.01
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https://commons.und.edu/sil-work-papers/vol31/iss1/1