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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 informa­tional 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 informa­tional 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.

Table of Contents:
1. List of contributors; 2. Editor's introduction: The syntax and pragmatics of clause linkage and clause hierarchy: Some new perspectives (by Bril, Isabelle); 3. Part I. Syntactic terminology and typological methods; 4. Clause linkage and Nexus in Papuan languages (by Foley, William); 5. Capturing particulars and universals in clause linkage: A multivariate analysis (by Bickel, Balthasar); 6. Part II. Clause-chaining, converbs, masdars, absolutive constructions, etc; 7. Specialized converbs and adverbial subordination in Axaxdere Akhvakh (by Creissels, Denis); 8. Finite and non-finite: Prosodic distinctions on Budugh verb stems (by Authier, Gilles); 9. Converbs and adverbial clauses in Badaga, a South-Dravidian language (by Pilot-Raichoor, Christiane); 10. Coordination, converbs and clause chaining in Coptic Egyptian typology and structural analysis (by Reintges, Chris H.); 11. Part III. Subordination, informational hierarchy and referential hierarchy; 12. Informational and referential hierarchy: Clause-linking strategies in Austronesian-Oceanic languages (by Bril, Isabelle); 13. Comment clause: Crossing the boundaries between simple and complex sentences (by Frajzyngier, Zygmunt); 14. Deixis, information structure and clause linkage in Yafi' Arabic (Yemen) (by Vanhove, Martine); 15. The role of the Berber deictic and TAM markers in dependent clauses in Zenaga (by Taine-Cheikh, Catherine); 16. Deixis and temporal subordinators in Pomak (Slavic, Greece) (by Adamou, Evangelia); 17. Correlative markers as phoric "Grammaticalised Category Markers" of subordination in German (by Cortes, Colette); 18. Part IV. Informational hierarchy and TAM markers' functions in clause-linkage; 19. Focus, mood and clause linkage in Umpithamu (Cape York Peninsula, Australia) (by Verstraete, Jean-Christophe); 20. Clause chaining and conjugations in Wolof: A typology of parataxis and its semantics (by Robert, Stephane); 21. Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu) (by Francois, Alexandre); 22. Tense-mood concordance and clause chaining in Mankon (a Grassfields Bantu language) (by Leroy, Jacqueline); 23. Clause dependency relations in East Greenlandic Inuit (by Tersis, Nicole); 24. Coordination and subordination: Ama in Bulgarian dialectal Greek (by Valma, Eleni); 25. Author index; 26. Language index; 27. Topic index

Review :
From Tunumiisut to Wolof, from the Daghestanian family to the Austronesian languages, and from morphological details to discourse strategies, the book is a fascinating ride through (and a wonderful tribute to) the many ways human beings express themselves, focusing here on one issue that could be summed up simply as: how do you express two things conjointly? The chapters are often not much more than raw catalogues of forms and uses, but that's precisely their strength: they provide valuable data instead of uncertain concepts. That is also the reason why, I believe, this volume is an invaluable addition to any linguist's bookshelf, a reference you'll come back to again and again.


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  • ISBN-13: 9789027205889
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: John Benjamins Publishing Co
  • Height: 245 mm
  • No of Pages: 644
  • Series Title: 121 Studies in Language Companion Series
  • Weight: 1310 gr
  • ISBN-10: 9027205884
  • Publisher Date: 25 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 632
  • Sub Title: Syntax and pragmatics
  • Width: 164 mm


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