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

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, 1983
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (358 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Indians - Languages; Grammar, Comparative and general; Language and languages
• Altri autori: HaimanJohn MunroPamela
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Switch-reference and universal grammar
• ISBN: 1-283-31421-5; 9786613314215; 90-272-8026-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781726603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 2.