The very notion of “Indian English “(IndE) has been fiercely contested both by linguists who
happen to be interested in New Englishes and by more or less everyone concerned with the …

Title description This monograph examines how language contributes to the social
coordination of actions in talk-in-interaction. Focusing on a set of frequently used …

The present work consists of an investigation into the form and function (s) of the so-
called'Left Dislocation'construction in Biblical Hebrew. As such, this inquiry is part of a larger …

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flord order. Tfflpicallffl, sentences are organized aroffnd a sffbject and a fierb in the canonical …

Abstract Left Dislocation/Detachment (LD) and related constructions consist of a detached
NP and a subsequent clause that conveys information about it. Information Structural …

As a country, Uganda derives its name from Buganda kingdom which became a British
protectorate in 1900. It shares borders with Kenya in the East, Tanzania in the South …

Spoken language is the primary mode of communication between humans, and therefore
understanding spoken language is an essential basis for developing linguistic theories. As …

Human talk is organized both in terms of informational contents and in terms of social
actions. Yet, research investigating the discourse functions of grammatical constructions has …

The aims of this study are to investigate several discourse functions of nɪ-marked
expressions used in narrative discourse in Abou Dida (Eastern Kru, Côte d'Ivoire) and to …

In this article we discuss the discourse functions of the alternative linearizations of Spoken
Hebrew sentences, as reflected in the possessive sentence pattern. We begin by presenting …