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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.
Author | : Jean-Christophe Verstraete |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 341 |
Release | : 2011-12-22 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110918196 |
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 | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Grammar, Comparative and general |
ISBN | : 9781443889506 |
Author | : Martin Haspelmath |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 594 |
Release | : 2004-07-29 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027295247 |
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 | : Sandra Pereira |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2016-06-22 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1443895571 |
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 | : Jonathan Moodie |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 505 |
Release | : 2020-09-25 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9004430679 |
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 | : South-Western Publishing |
Publisher | : Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 2002-01-03 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780538433204 |
This softcover text centers on the communication skills necessary for conducting a successful job search or making a change in jobs. The ability to conduct research online, present a professional image, and communicate well with potential employers is critical to any job search. The workshops provided give instruction on how to create effective resumes and cover letters, search for job information, prepare for a successful interview, understand job expectations, and make a job change. Multimedia components enhance the impact of the workshops so users can complete a variety of exercises on the computer, watch video footage of people effectively communicating on the job, and use the Internet to conduct further research.
Author | : John Haiman |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1988-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027278598 |
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.
Author | : Philipp Weisser |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 223 |
Release | : 2015-09-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110435314 |
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 | : Wendan Li |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 293 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9004360883 |
In Grounding in Chinese Written Narrative Discourse Wendan Li offers a comprehensive and innovative account of how Mandarin Chinese, as a language without extensive morphological marking, highlights (or foregrounds) major events of a narrative and demotes (or backgrounds) other supporting descriptions. Qualitative and quantitative methods in the analysis and examinations of authentic written text provide extensive evidence to demonstrate that various types of morpho-syntactic devices are used in a wide range of structural units in Chinese to mark the distinction between foregrounding and backgrounding. The analysis paves the way for future studies to systematically approach grounding-related issues. The typological viewpoint adopted in the chapters serves well readers from both the Chinese tradition and other languages in discourse analysis.