Syntax in the treetops

A proposal that syntax extends to the domain of discourse in making core syntax link to the conversational context. In Syntax in the Treetops, Shigeru Miyagawa proposes that syntax extends into the domain of discourse by making linkages between core syntax and the conversational participants. Miyaga...

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Main Author Miyagawa, Shigeru
Format eBook Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
MIT Press
Edition1
SeriesLinguistic Inquiry Monographs
Subjects
addressee
Allocutive agreement
Basque
Grammar, Comparative and general > Syntax
Grammar, syntax and morphology
Language and Linguistics
Linguistics
main clause phenomena
performative analysis
Philosophy of language
politeness
question under discussion
questions
root
Semantics
Semantics, discourse analysis, stylistics
speaker
speech act phrase
Speech acts (Linguistics)
topicalization
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ISBN9780262543491
0262543494
0262369095
9780262369091
DOI10.7551/mitpress/14421.001.0001

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro -- Contents -- Series Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1: Setting the Stage -- 2: The SAP and the Politeness ϕ-Feature -- 3: The SAP, CommitP, and Sentence Final Particles -- 4: Is the Judgment Phrase Needed? A View from Topicalization -- 5: Questions and the Commitment Phrase -- 6: Concluding Thoughts: The Uniqueness of Human Language -- Notes -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index