Guerin, Valerie (2019) Recapitulative linkage in Mavea. In: Guerin, Valerie, (ed.) Bridging Constructions. Studies in Diversity Linguistics, 24 . Language Science Press, Berlin, Germany, pp. 207-238.

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Abstract

This chapter concentrates on recapitulative linkage in Mavea, an Oceanic language of Vanuatu. I present the formal characteristics of recapitulative linkage and assess its discourse functions in two texts: a procedural text and a legend. Recapitulative linkage is compared to verbal repetition, another productive discourse strategy in Oceanic languages. I show that recapitulative linkage in Mavea is identified through a constellation of features. Syntactically, it is an instance of main clause coordination; prosodically it is marked with continuation intonation; semantically,it indicates temporal succession; and in discourse, it signals thematic continuity or rhetorical underlining.

Item ID:	58104
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-3-96110-142-9
ISSN:	2363-5568
Keywords:	Mavea, recapitulative linkage,
Copyright Information:	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Date Deposited:	27 Nov 2019 04:34
FoR Codes:	47 LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE > 4704 Linguistics > 470409 Linguistic structures (incl. phonology, morphology and syntax) @ 100%
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