Syntax in the treetops / Shigeru Miyagawa.
| Author/creator | Miyagawa, Shigeru |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] |
| Description | xviii, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from MIT Press Direct to Open Backfile HSS Monographs |
| Subjects |
| Series | Linguistic inquiry monographs ; 84 |
| Contents | Setting the stage -- The SAP and the politeness f-feature -- The SAP, CommitP, and sentence final particles -- Is the judgment phrase needed? A view from topicalization -- Questions and the commitment phrase -- Concluding thoughts: The uniqueness of human language. |
| Abstract | "A syntactic analysis of and solution to the semantic problem: how can speakers convey the same meaning using different speech acts?"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-224) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021015859 |
| ISBN | 9780262543491 (softcover) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |