Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Setting the scene; 2 Questions of order; 3 Complex sentences; 4 In favour of primary relations; 5 Structural weight; 6 Grammaticalized clues; 7 Shifting boundaries; 8 Relativizing optimality; 9 Reviewing the scene; Glossary: technical terms seen through the Keyhole; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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This book argues that language systems determine language use to a greater extent than is generally assumed. The author demonstrates how typological characteristics of a language determine the most general aspects of our stylistic preferences.
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Title
Language processing in discourse.
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041528189X
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
German language-- Discourse analysis.
German language-- Translating into English.
Translating and interpreting.
German language-- Discourse analysis.
German language-- Translating into English.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES-- Translating & Interpreting.