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The Semantics of Clause Linking
Language: en
Pages: 429
Authors: R. M. W. Dixon
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book is a cross-linguistic examination of the grammatical means languages employ to represent a set of semantic relations between clauses. Professor Dixon'
Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy
Language: en
Pages: 645
Authors: Isabelle Bril
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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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 theoret
Clause Chaining in the Languages of the World
Language: en
Pages: 881
Authors: Hannah S. Sarvasy
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-11-28 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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The languages of the world make use of a variety of techniques for describing events and putting sentences together. This volume takes a typological approach to
Language at Large
Language: en
Pages: 630
Authors: Alexandra Aikhenvald
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-27 - Publisher: BRILL

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The volume brings together important essays on syntax and semantics by Aikhenvald and Dixon, highlighting their expertise in various fields of linguistics. The
Adverbial Clauses in Cross-Linguistic Perspective
Language: en
Pages: 353
Authors: Katja Hetterle
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-13 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This study investigates adverbial clauses from a cross-linguistic perspective. In line with other recent typological research in the context of complex sentence