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Subordination (Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory)

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0199282005, 0199252793, 9780199282005, 9780199252794
LCC
P294 .C75 2003
Google Books ID
YAa2z-2bTbEC
Open Library ID
OL22536557M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1229738 bytes)
Series
Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory
Pages
372\372
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

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.

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