Conjunctions and clause linkage in Australian languages
| Autor: | Ellison Luk, Jean-Christophe Verstraete |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Linguistics and Language Computer science Communication media_common.quotation_subject Language and Linguistics Linguistics Conjunction (grammar) Set (abstract data type) Resource (project management) Linkage (linguistics) Function (engineering) GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g. dictionaries encyclopedias glossaries) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Studies in Language. 46:594-646 |
| ISSN: | 1569-9978 0378-4177 |
| DOI: | 10.1075/sl.20055.luk |
| Popis: | This study analyses the role of conjunctions in clause linkage in Australian languages. Conjunctions are seemingly straightforward clause-linking devices, but they remain under-studied, both for Australian languages and from a broader typological perspective. In this study, we propose a functional definition of conjunctions, as set against other resources for clause linkage. We show that this captures not just the prototypical free-standing elements (the equivalents of if, because, but etc.), but also various types of bound markers with a similar function (bound to clause-scoping positions or predicates). We survey the role of conjunctions in a representative sample of 53 Australian languages, showing that they are not a marginal clause linkage resource in Australia, as seems to be assumed in the relevant literature, but often form a major category within clause linkage systems. We also identify a number of areal patterns, based on the size of conjunction inventories and their morphosyntactic features. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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