Interpersonal Grammar
This pioneering volume lays out a set of methodological principles to guide the description of interpersonal grammar in different languages. It compares interpersonal systems and structures across a range of world languages, showing how discourse, interpersonal relationships between the speakers, and the purpose of their communication, all play a role in shaping the grammatical structures used in interaction. Following an introduction setting out these principles, each chapter focuses on a particular language - Khorchin Mongolian, Mandarin, Tagalog, Pitjantjatjara, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, British Sign Language and Scottish Gaelic – and explores mood, polarity, tagging, vocation, assessment and comment systems. The book provides a model for functional grammatical description that can be used to inform work on system and structure across languages as a foundation for functional language typology.
- Approaches grammar from a discourse perspective, allowing for accounts of grammar in relation to contextualising language strata
- Provides stronger explanatory power for grammar phenomena by showing how grammar is shaped by its role in realising interpersonal discourse semantic systems
- Uses glossing conventions for ranks above morpheme and word, including function-structure, thus facilitating comparability of grammar descriptions in language typology research
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction: Theory and Description in Interpersonal Grammar across Languages J. R. Martin, Beatriz Quiroz and Giacomo Figueredo
- 2. Interpersonal Grammar in Spanish Beatriz Quiroz
- 3. Interpersonal Grammar in Khorchin Mongolian Dongbing Zhang
- 4. Interpersonal Grammar in Mandarin Pin Wang
- 5. Interpersonal Grammar in Tagalog: Assessment Systems J. R. Martin and Priscilla Cruz
- 6. Interpersonal Grammar in Pitjantjatjara David Rose
- 7. Interpersonal Grammar in Brazilian Portuguese Giacomo Figueredo
- 8. Interpersonal Grammar in British Sign Language Luke Rudge
- 9. Interpersonal Grammar in Scottish Gaelic Tom Bartlett
- Index.