Coordination And Subordination

Author : Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen,Wiebke Ramm
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2008-05-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027290311

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'Subordination' versus 'Coordination' in Sentence and Text by Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen,Wiebke Ramm Pdf

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.

Author : Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen,Wiebke Ramm
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027231095

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'Subordination' Versus 'coordination' in Sentence and Text by Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen,Wiebke Ramm Pdf

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.

Author : Sandra Pereira,Clara Pinto,Fernanda Pratas
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781443895576

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Coordination and Subordination by Sandra Pereira,Clara Pinto,Fernanda Pratas Pdf

Recent studies on the syntax and semantics of complex sentences have dealt with several challenges to the traditional boundaries between coordination and subordination. Some constructions belong to one of the two types according to syntactic criteria but relate to the other type on semantic grounds, whereas other constructions are not compatible with either the canonical syntactic or semantic tests traditionally employed to establish this distinction. Other constructions, by contrast, seem to have evolved in such a way that they now cross the divide between both types. The collection of papers in this volume delves further into the theoretical implications of previous analyses and focuses on a wide array of data from different languages, taking those challenges as a point of departure to develop innovative perspectives and to advance thought-provoking ideas.

Author : Jean-Christophe Verstraete
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110918199

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Rethinking the Coordinate-Subordinate Dichotomy by Jean-Christophe Verstraete Pdf

This study argues that the domain traditionally covered by 'coordination' and 'subordination' in English can be subdivided into four distinct construction types. The constructions are defined on the basis of differences in their 'interpersonal' structure, i.e. the grammatical encoding of speaker-attitude and speaker-interlocutor interaction. It is shown that the four types constitute syntactically, semantically and pragmatically coherent categories, with differences in interpersonal structure defining and motivating distinct syntactic behaviour, distinct pragmatic functions and distinct semantic classes of clause linkage. The validity of the analysis is demonstrated in three ways. First, it is shown that the analysis can make sense of the wide range of apparently conflicting criteria found in the literature on complex sentences, which can now be explained as reflections of four different construction types rather than as alternative perspectives on one single contrast between coordination and subordination. Second, it is shown how the analysis can deal with two specific problems in the more general area of clause combining, viz. the syntactic basis of the distinction between 'content', 'epistemic' and 'speech act' levels of clause linkage, and the distinct discursive functions associated with initial and final position of adverbial clauses. Finally, it is also shown that the proposed analysis is useful beyond the analysis of English, with parallels in a number of cross-linguistically recurrent phenomena of clause linkage. The book is mainly of interest to linguistics researchers in the areas of syntax, semantics and pragmatics as well as to graduate students with a focus on these fields.

Author : Fernanda Pratas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 1443889504

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Coordination and Subordination by Fernanda Pratas Pdf

Author : Sonia Cristofaro
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780191554858

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Subordination by Sonia Cristofaro Pdf

This book presents a typology of subordination systems across the world's languages. Traditional definitions of subordination are based on morphosyntactic criteria, such as clausal embedding or non-finiteness. The book shows that these definitions are untenable in a cross-linguistic perspective, and provides a cognitively based definition of subordination. The analysis is based on a representative 80 language sample, and represents the broadest study so far conducted on the cross-linguistic coding of several types of complement, adverbial, and relative sentence. These sentence types display considerable structural variation across languages. However, this variation turns out to be constrained, and appears crucially related to the functional properties of individual sentence types. This work is the first systematic attempt to establish comprehensive implicational hierarchies describing the coding of complement, adverbial and relative sentences at a single stroke. Concepts from typological theory and cognitive linguistics are integrated to account for these hierarchies.

Author : Edward J. Vajda
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027248169

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Subordination and Coordination Strategies in North Asian Languages by Edward J. Vajda Pdf

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Author : Martin Haspelmath
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 594 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-07-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027295248

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Coordinating Constructions by Martin Haspelmath Pdf

This is the first book on coordinating constructions that adopts a broad cross-linguistic perspective. Coordination has been studied intensively in English and other major European languages, but we are only beginning to understand the range of variation that is found world-wide. This volume consists of a number of general studies, as well as fourteen case studies of coordinating constructions in languages or groups of languages: Africa (Iraqw, Fongbe, Hausa), the Caucasus (Daghestanian, Tsakhur, Chechen), the Middle East (Persian and other Western Iranian languages), Southeast Asia (Lai, Karen, Indonesian), the Pacific (Lavukaleve, Oceanic, Nêlêmwa), and the Americas (Upper Kuskokwim Athabaskan). A detailed introductory chapter summarizes the main results of the volume and situates them in the context of other relevant current research.

Author : Philipp Weisser
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110443578

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Derived Coordination by Philipp Weisser Pdf

This monograph explores the different types of clausal relations in the world’s languages. In the recent literature, there have been claims that the strict dichotomy of subordination and coordination cannot be maintained since some constructions seem to be in between these two categories. This study investigates these constructions in detail. The first part is concerned with clause chaining constructions, while the second is concerned with different cases of asymmetric coordination in English. In both parts, it is shown that the different tests to distinguish clausal relations indeed yield different results for the specific constructions. This poses a severe challenge for the established theories of clausal relations. However, as it is argued, recent analyses of coordination provide for the possibility to map a subordinate structure onto a coordinate one by means of regular transformational rules. It is shown that a single movement step derives all the peculiar properties of the phenomena in question. This book thus provides the first comprehensive solution for a long-standing problem in theoretical syntax.

Author : Jonathan Moodie,Rosey Billington
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004430679

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A Grammar of Lopit by Jonathan Moodie,Rosey Billington Pdf

In A Grammar of Lopit, Jonathan Moodie and Rosey Billington provide a detailed description of the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Lopit, an Eastern Nilotic language traditionally spoken in the Lopit Mountains in South Sudan.

Author : Roland Pfau,Markus Steinbach,Annika Herrmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501503016

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A Matter of Complexity by Roland Pfau,Markus Steinbach,Annika Herrmann Pdf

Since natural languages exist in two different modalities – the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the auditory-oral modality of spoken languages – it is obvious that all fields of research in modern linguistics will benefit from research on sign languages. Although previous studies have provided important insights into a wide range of phenomena of sign languages, there are still many aspects of sign languages that have not yet been investigated thoroughly. The structure of subordinated clauses is a case in point. The study of these complex syntactic structures in the visual-gestural modality adds to our understanding of linguistic variation in the domain of subordination. Moreover, it offers new empirical and theoretical evidence concerning possible structures and functions of subordination in natural languages. And last but not least, it answers the question to what extent the corresponding morphosyntactic and prosodic strategies depend on the modality of articulation and perception. This volume represents the first collection of papers by leading experts in the field investigating topics that go beyond the analysis of simple clauses. It thus contributes in innovative ways to recent debates about syntax, prosody, semantics, discourse structure, and information structure and their complex interrelation.

Author : Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027238995

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Asymmetric Events by Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk Pdf

The book introduces the concept of asymmetric events, an important concept in language and cognition, which, for the first time in linguistic literature, is identified in a more systematic way and analyzed in a number of different languages, including typologically or genetically unrelated ones. Asymmetric events are two or more events of unequal status in an utterance and papers in the volume present ways in which a linguistic description of main events in a sentence is different (morphologically, syntactically, discursively) from a description of backgrounded events. The prototypical asymmetries involving perception, cognition, and language are identified in subordination, nominalization and modification of various kinds but they extend to coordinate structures, serial verbs, spatial language and viewing arrangement, as well as part - whole relations. The perspective is broadly cognitive and functional, the authors use different though complementing methodologies, some include corpus data, and the asymmetries are shown to have a variety of stylistic and ideological implications.An in-depth analysis of manifold asymmetries in structure and function of diverse languages makes this volume of interest to linguists of different persuasion, philosophers, cognitive researchers, discourse analysts and students of language and cognition.

Author : Giuliana Giusti,Vincenzo Nicolò Di Caro,Daniel Ross
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027257932

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Pseudo-Coordination and Multiple Agreement Constructions by Giuliana Giusti,Vincenzo Nicolò Di Caro,Daniel Ross Pdf

Verbal Pseudo-Coordination (as in English ‘go and get’) has been described for a number of individual languages, but this is the first edited volume to emphasize this topic from a comparative perspective, and in connection to Multiple Agreement Constructions more generally. The chapters include detailed analyses of Romance, Germanic, Slavic and other languages. These contributions show important cross-linguistic similarities in these constructions, as well as their diversity, providing insights into areas such as the morphology-syntax and syntax-semantics interfaces, dialectal variation and language contact. This volume establishes Pseudo-Coordination as a descriptively important and theoretically challenging cross-linguistic phenomenon among Multiple Agreement Constructions and will be of interest to specialists in individual languages as well as typologists and theoreticians, serving as a foundation to promote continued research.

Author : Geoffrey Leech,Margaret Deuchar,Robert Hoogenraad
Publisher : Palgrave
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 140391642X

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English Grammar for Today by Geoffrey Leech,Margaret Deuchar,Robert Hoogenraad Pdf

Written by a team led by a world authority in English grammar, English Grammar for Today has established itself as a rich educational experience for both native- and non-native-speaking students. This engaging and stimulating coursebook enables students to learn grammar not just for its own sake, but also for the pleasure of exploring, appreciating and understanding the way language communicates in written text and spoken discourse. Throughout, the emphasis is on using grammar in present-day English. After an introduction placing grammar in its educational and cultural context, the authors present a 'toolkit' for analysing sentences. The second part of the book demonstrates how to apply this toolkit to spoken and written language, using a wide range of real textual materials. Each chapter ends with a set of carefully-designed exercises and tasks to aid understanding, with answers provided at the end of the volume. Now thoroughly revised and updated to meet the needs of today's students, this new edition features: - a new Foreword by the English Association - an additional introductory chapter, 'Getting Started with Grammar', which introduces the subject for those with no prior knowledge - improved and extended diagrams, exercises and answers - up-to-date textual passages and examples Lively and approachable, this indispensable guide is ideal for both students and teachers who are looking for their first serious engagement with - or wishing to rediscover- English grammar.

Author : John Haiman,Sandra A. Thompson
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027278593

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Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse by John Haiman,Sandra A. Thompson Pdf

Traditionally the study of syntax is restricted to the study of what goes on within the boundaries of the prosodic sentence. Although the nature of clause combining within a prosodic sentence has always been a central concern of traditional syntax (in GG, e.g. it underlies important research on deletion and anaphora), work within a discourse analysis framework has hardly been done. Analyses like this are given in the present volume.