The semantics of complex sentences in the discourse of health and diseases : a case study in Abui

• Main Author: Tee, Yuan Wen Alicia
• Other Authors: Frantisek Kratochvil
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Syntax; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Semantics; DRNTU::Humanities::Linguistics::Discourse analysis
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66054
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Clause linking in natural discourse plays a crucial role in showing the relationship between events. In the theme of health and diseases, such relationships are especially important as certain illnesses manifest itself in a specific manner that reveals the identity of the disease to the trained e...