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dc.contributor.authorSchneider, Cynthiaen
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-01T14:27:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationOceanic Linguistics, 48(1), p. 1-35en
dc.identifier.issn1527-9421en
dc.identifier.issn0029-8115en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/4370-
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the information structure of Abma, an Oceanic language of Pentecost Island, Vanuatu. Abma has four main syntactic strategies for manipulating the referential status of NPs while at the same time maintaining textual continuity: these are (1) constituent order, (2) syntactic-pragmatic marking, (3) phrasal movement, and (4) tail-head linkage. These approaches are examined individually, but also from the perspective of the larger, integrated system within which they operate. Constituent order is fairly rigid, but speakers are able to get around this constraint by taking advantage of special marking and sentence constructions that affect NP referentiality and information flow.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofOceanic Linguisticsen
dc.titleInformation Structure in Abmaen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1353/ol.0.0036en
dc.subject.keywordsDiscourse and Pragmaticsen
dc.subject.keywordsLinguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en
local.contributor.firstnameCynthiaen
local.subject.for2008200408 Linguistic Structures (incl Grammar, Phonology, Lexicon, Semantics)en
local.subject.for2008200403 Discourse and Pragmaticsen
local.subject.seo2008950202 Languages and Literacyen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciencesen
local.profile.emailcschnei3@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20090828-122039en
local.publisher.placeUnited States of Americaen
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage35en
local.identifier.scopusid75949083524en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume48en
local.identifier.issue1en
local.contributor.lastnameSchneideren
dc.identifier.staffune-id:cschnei3en
local.profile.orcid0000-0002-8308-5729en
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:4472en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleInformation Structure in Abmaen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorSchneider, Cynthiaen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2009en
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