Transitivity and Discourse in Chamorro Narratives
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Published: September 1, 1987
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9783110113075
Subjects: Chamorro language; Discourse analysis; Passive voice; Transitivity
First sentence: The functional view on language, which encompasses many different methods and is as yet not represented by a universally accepted unifying theory (although attempts in this direction have been made, e.g., Dik 1978, 1980, 1983; Van Valin and Foley 1980; Foley and Van Valin 1984; Givón 1979c, 1979b, 1983a, 1983b), contends that the three major components of a language system, i.e., syntax (including morphosyntox), semantics, and pragmatics, are connected in such a way that changes in one generally entail concomitant changes in both or one of the other components.