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REVIEWS163 reason for being there, and on seeing linguistics as (properly) an intellectual crossroads rather than an isolation chamber. At times, Givón is perhaps carried away with the logic of his form/function correlations (and his evolutionary sequences), and the particulars of individual language systems are not picked up; but the over-all design of his theory is sufficiently supple that these matters could be handled merely by a change in emphasis. [Received 12 June 1985.] Discourse perspectives on syntax. Edited by Flora Klein-Andreu. New York: Academic Press, 1983. Pp. xvii, 266. $34.50. Reviewed by Bernard Comrie, University of Southern California What is the correct relation between discourse and syntax? In principle, one might take a number of stands, of which the following are some of the main ones (though there are also many intermediate positions): (a)Syntax should be analysed in complete isolation from discourse, discourse properties being used neither in the statement of
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REVIEWS163 reason for being there, and on seeing linguistics as (properly) an intellectual crossroads rather than an isolation chamber. At times, Givón is perhaps carried away with the logic of his form/function correlations (and his evolutionary sequences), and the particulars of individual language systems are not picked up; but the over-all design of his theory is sufficiently supple that these matters could be handled merely by a change in emphasis. [Received 12 June 1985.] Discourse perspectives on syntax. Edited by Flora Klein-Andreu. New York: Academic Press, 1983. Pp. xvii, 266. $34.50. Reviewed by Bernard Comrie, University of Southern California What is the correct relation between discourse and syntax? In principle, one might take a number of stands, of which the following are some of the main ones (though there are also many intermediate positions): (a)Syntax should be analysed in complete isolation from discourse, discourse properties being used neither in the statement of
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