book theoretical descriptive linguistics dialogue critical discourse language culture critical theory michael macovskus fordham university interdisciplinary volume collect mostly unpublish essay demonstrate mikhail bakhtin s theory dialogic mean subsequent elaboration influence wide range critical discourse essay michael holquist jerome j mcgann john searle deborah tannen gary saul morson caryl emerson shirley brice heath don h bialostosky paul friedrich timothy austin john farrell rachel michael macovskus collection explore dialogue exchange among intratextual voice extratextual interplay historical influence oral form cultural heuristic approach extend implication dialogue beyond boundary literary theory anthropology philosophy linguistics cultural study essay address issue establishment exercise political power relation between conversational literary discourse historical development essay idea literature social action taken together essay argue redefinition literary mean one communal interactive vocatively create demonstrate literary mean render single narrator nor even solitary author incrementally exchange construct august pp linecut oxford university press projections interface conditions essay modularity edite anna maria di sciullo university quebec montreal collection previously unpublish papers explore implication chomsky s minimalist framework modularity grammar simplify modular approach government bind theory grammar accord theory autonomous grammatical component phonological syntactic morphological semantic coexist interact build block set principle level representation chomsky s assertion spark great deal theoretical debate especially regard nature interaction each build block contributor volume join debate series case study compare modularity english french italian among language process address issue autonomy application module distribution theory role functional project derivation projection interface condition interest researcher above mention language large number linguist work chomskyan tradition june pp linecut oxford university press semiotic grammar william b mcgregor university melbourne mcgregor propose develop theory grammar base notion linguistic sign interpret language structure semiotic system consist sign provide range analysis establish syntactic morphological relation category role book constitute important valuable contribution linguistic theory draw author s extensive knowledge australian aboriginal language discuss datum familiar language english december pp b w figure oxford university press indefinite pronouns martin haspelmath free university berlin oxford study typology linguistic theory oxford study typology linguistic theory offer forum promote research analysis both typologically theoretically inform each book series focus particular topic provide overview available crosslinguistic datum same engage key theoretical issue boundary limitation different approach deal typological datum book first comprehensive encyclopaedic investigation indefinite pronoun expression someone anything nowhere language world show range variation functional formal property indefinite pronoun subject set universal implicational constraint propose explanation universal february pp b w figure map oxford university press intransitive predication leon stassen university nijmegen netherland oxford study typology linguistic theory stassen major contribution study language typology intransitive predication base analysis sample language present universally applicable model define domain intransitive predication natural language intransitive predicate define term four domain event sarah walk class sarah secretary property sarah tall location sarah garden december pp x oxford university press information linguistic title oxford university press email linguistics oupusa org visit oxford university press usa web site http www oupusa org oxford university press usa 