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Title Switch reference and universal grammar : proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981 / edited by John Haiman and Pamela Munro.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 1983.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 358 pages) : illustrations.
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Series Typological studies in language ; 2
Typological studies in language ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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.
Summary 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.
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Subject Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement -- Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb -- Congresses.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
Typology (Linguistics) -- Congresses.
Typology (Linguistics)
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Haiman, John.
Munro, Pamela.
Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar (1981 : Winnipeg, Man.)
Other Form: Print version: Haiman, John. Switch Reference and Universal Grammar : Proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981. Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, ©1983 9789027228666
ISBN 9789027280268 (electronic book)
9027280266 (electronic book)
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