Clause Linkage in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Clause Linkage in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Author: Volker Gast
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 464
Release: 2012-10-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110280698

The volume is a collection of thirteen papers given at the “Third Syntax of the World’s Languages” conference, complemented with four additional papers as well as an introduction by the editors. All contributions deal with clause combining, focusing on one or both of the following two dimensions of analysis: properties of the clauses involved, types of dependency. The studies are data-driven and have a cross-linguistic or typological orientation. In addition to survey papers the volume contains in-depth studies of particular languages, mostly based on original data collected in recent field work.

Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Author: Katja Hetterle
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2015-11-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110409852

This study investigates adverbial clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. In line with other recent typological research in the context of complex sentences and clause-linkage, it proceeds from a detailed, multivariate analysis of the morphosyntactic characteristics of the phenomenon under scrutiny.

Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Author: Katja Hetterle
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2015-11-13
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110409968

This study investigates adverbial clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. In line with other recent typological research in the context of complex sentences and clause-linkage, it proceeds from a detailed, multivariate analysis of the morphosyntactic characteristics of the phenomenon under scrutiny.

Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy

Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy
Author: Isabelle Bril
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 645
Release: 2010
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027205884

This collective volume explores clause-linkage strategies in a cross-linguistic perspective with greater emphasis on subordination. Part I presents some theoretical reassessment of syntactic terminologies and distinctive criteria for subordination, as well as typological methods based on sets of variables and statistics allowing cross-linguistic comparability. Part II deals with strategies relating to clause-chaining, conjunctive conjugations, converbial constructions, masdars. Part III centers on the interaction between the syntax, pragmatics, and semantics of clause-linking and subordination, in relation to informa-tional structure, to referential hierarchy, and correlative constructions. Part IV presents insights in the clause-linking and subordinating functions of some T.A.M. markers, verbal inflectional morphology and conjugation systems, which may also interact with informa-tional hierarchy, via the backgrounding effects and lack of illocutionary force of some aspect and mood forms. The volume is of particular interest to linguists and typologists working on clause-linkage systems and on the interface between syntax, pragmatics, and semantics.

'Subordination' Versus 'coordination' in Sentence and Text

'Subordination' Versus 'coordination' in Sentence and Text
Author: Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2008
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9789027231093

The papers collected in this volume (including a comprehensive introduction) investigate semantic and discourse-related aspects of subordination and coordination, in particular the relationship between subordination/coordination at the sentence level and subordination/coordination - or hierarchical/non-hierarchical organization - at the discourse level. The contributions in part I are concerned with central theoretical questions; part II consists of corpus-based cross-linguistic studies of clause combining and discourse structure, involving at least two of the languages English, German, Dutch, French and Norwegian; part III contains papers addressing specific - predominantly semantic - topics relating to German, English or French; and the papers in part IV approach the topic of subordination, coordination and rhetorical relations from a diachronic (Old Indic and Early Germanic) perspective. The book aims to contribute to a better understanding of information packaging on the sentence and text level related, within a particular language as well as cross-linguistically.

Cheyenne

Cheyenne
Author: Avelino Corral Esteban
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1000909832

Cheyenne: An Analysis of Clause Linkage provides a detailed description of Cheyenne syntax, semantics, and pragmatics, notably on its nominal and verbal system and in both simple and complex sentences. Based on fieldwork conducted on the Northern Cheyenne reservation, this book, which seeks to address descriptive and theoretical issues involving complex sentences, has three major aims: i) to present a morpho-syntactic, semantic, and discourse-pragmatic description of complex sentences in Cheyenne; ii) to investigate the relationship between the semantic and syntactic dimensions of complex sentences; and iii) to contribute to the research, preservation, and revitalization of this ancestral language spoken in the United States of America. This book will be informative for scholars interested in language typology, comparative linguistics, theoretical linguistics, and language documentation, as well as those interested in Cheyenne learning and teaching.

Clause Linkage in the Languages of the Ob-Yenisei Area

Clause Linkage in the Languages of the Ob-Yenisei Area
Author: Anja Behnke
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 473
Release: 2023
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9004684778

The volume explores clause-linkage strategies from a cross-linguistic perspective with an emphasis on asyndetic constructions. The data-driven approaches focus on areal differences and similarities in using non-finite verb forms in complex sentences in languages situated in Central and Western Siberia.

Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective

Information Structuring of Spoken Language from a Cross-linguistic Perspective
Author: M. M. Jocelyne Fernandez-Vest
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2015-12-14
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110393352

Information structure and the organization of oral texts have been rarely studied crosslinguistically. This book contains studies of the grammatical organization of information in languages from different areas (e.g. Amazonian, Finno-Ugric, South-Asian) from a variety of theoretical angles. It will be a valuable resource for researchers investigating the interaction of morphosyntax and discourse in familiar and less familiar languages.

Converbs in Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Converbs in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Author: Martin Haspelmath
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages: 576
Release: 2020-08-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110884461

Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: the relationship between the amazing diversity of languages and the profound unity of language. Only if the true extent of typological divergence is recognized can universal laws be formulated. In recent years it has become more and more evident that a broad range of languages of radically different types must be carefully analyzed before general theories are possible. Typological comparison of this kind is now at the centre of linguistic research. The series empirical approaches to language typology presents a platform for contributions of all kinds to this rapidly developing field. The distinctive feature of the series is its markedly empirical orientation. All conclusions to be reached are the result of a deepened study of empirical data. General problems are focused on from the perspective of individual languages, language families, language groups, or language samples. Special emphasis is given to the analysis of phenomena from little known languages, which shed new light on long-standing problems in general linguistics. The series is open to contributions from different theoretical persuasions. It thus reflects the methodological pluralism that characterizes the present situation. Care is taken that all volumes be accessible to every linguist and, moreover, to every reader specializing in some domain related to human language. A deeper understanding of human language in general, based on a detailed analysis of typological diversity among individual languages, is fundamental for many sciences, not only for linguists. Therefore, this series has proven to be indispensable in every research library, be it public or private, which has a specialization in language and the language sciences. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Birgit Sievert.