Thematic Continuity and Development in Languages of SabahStephen H. Levinsohn Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1991 - Foreign Language Study - 162 pages |
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MICHAEL E BOUTIN | 7 |
RICHARD BREWIS AND STEPHEN H LEVINSOHN | 29 |
JULIE K KING | 45 |
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action activity actor ADEM already arrived aspect background Banggi basket beginning brother carried clauses coconut completed connection constructions context conversation cross-referenced deer deictic demonstrative described detached determiner discontinuity discourse discussion encoded episode example expressions focus foreground forms function Givón Grandpa Apuy ground highlighting Ida'an illustrated indicates introduced Inuwung involved Jadi John Kadazan King languages Levinsohn Linguistics Lonsibog maiden mainline events major marked marker material narrative narrative discourse nopo noun occur paragraph participant past tense perfective person pivot preceding predicate prefix present pronoun reduced reference relevance respect result returned Sabah semantic sentence shift signals significant situation stative story subordinate Sultan TABLE temporal texts thematic continuity thematic participant Tombonuo topic topicalised tree typically undergoer unmarked verb verbal viewed viewpoint aspect volume youth