Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations and symbols
- 1 Parts-of-speech systems
- 2 Word order
- 3 The major functions of the noun phrase
- 4 Clause types
- 5 Speech act distinctions in grammar
- 6 Passive in the world's languages
- 7 A typology of information packaging in the clause
- Bibliography
- Subject index
5 - Speech act distinctions in grammar
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 January 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations and symbols
- 1 Parts-of-speech systems
- 2 Word order
- 3 The major functions of the noun phrase
- 4 Clause types
- 5 Speech act distinctions in grammar
- 6 Passive in the world's languages
- 7 A typology of information packaging in the clause
- Bibliography
- Subject index
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- Language Typology and Syntactic Description , pp. 276 - 324Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2007
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