Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy: Syntax and Pragmatics

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027205884
• ISBN13: 9789027205889
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 632 Pages