‘Wh’-question intonation in Standard Colloquial Bengali: A Lexical-Functional Grammar analysis

Mycock, Xu, and Lahiri provide LFG analyses of multiple multi-clause constituent ‘wh’- question intonation patterns in Standard Colloquial Bengali (the Bengali dialect spoken in Kolkata), capturing the intonational tune–text mapping which crucially interacts with syntax, pragmatics, and semantics. B...

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Main Authors: Mycock, L, Xu, C, Lahiri, A
Other Authors: Arka, IW
Format: Book section
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2021