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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781726603321

Titolo

Switch-reference and universal grammar [[electronic resource] ] : proceedings of a Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981 / / edited by John Haiman and Pamela Munro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1983

ISBN

1-283-31421-5

9786613314215

90-272-8026-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Typological studies in language (TSL), , 0167-7373 ; ; v. 2

Altri autori (Persone)

HaimanJohn

MunroPamela

Disciplina

415

Soggetti

Indians - Languages

Grammar, Comparative and general

Language and languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

SWITCH-REFERENCE AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; NOTES; SWITCH REFERENCE IN TWO QUECHUA LANGUAGES; SWITCH-REFERENCE IN HUICHOL A TYPOLOGICAL STUDY; SOME FEATURES OF INTERCLAUSAL REFERENCE IN KEWA; TOPIC CONTINUITY IN DISCOURSE: THE FUNCTIONAL DOMAIN OF SWITCH REFERENCE; SWITCHREFERENCE, CLAUSE ORDER, AND INTERCLAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS IN MARICOPA1; ON SOME ORIGINS OF SWITCH REFERENCE MARKING; REFERENTIAL TRACKING IN NUNGGUBUYU (AUSTRALIA)

TYPOLOGICAL AND GENETIC NOTES ON SWITCH-REFERENCE SYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES*SWITCHREFERENCESYSTEMSFROM TWO DISTINCT LINGUISTIC AREAS: WOJOKESO (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) AND GUANANO (NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA); SWITCH-REFERENCE IN LENAKEL; WHEN ""SAME"" IS NOT ""NOT DIFFERENT""; SWITCH REFERENCE IN THE



NORTHEAST CAUCASUS; INTERCLAUSAL REFERENCE IN KASHAYA1; SWITCH REFERENCE, SYNTACTIC ORGANIZATION, AND RHETORICAL STRUCTURE IN CENTRAL YUP'IK ESKIMO*; REFERENCES; INDEX OF LANGUAGES, LANGUAGE FAMILIES, AND LANGUAGE AREAS

Sommario/riassunto

Canonical switch-reference is an inflectional category of the verb, which indicates whether or not its subject is identical with the subject of some other verb. Switch-reference may be analyzed from a structural or a functional point of view. Functionally, switch-reference is a device for referential tracking. Formally, switch-reference is almost always a verbal category, similar to the familiar category of verbal concord. In most languages switch-reference marking is indicated by a verbal affix, however in some languages it may be marked by an independent morpheme. The contributions to this v