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1 online resource (xv, 358 pages) : illustrations |
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Typological studies in language ; 2 |
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Typological studies in language ; v. 2
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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) |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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English |
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Print version record |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb -- Congresses
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Typology (Linguistics) -- Congresses
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Indians -- Languages -- Congresses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Congresses
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Language and languages -- Congresses
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Grammar & Punctuation.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Syntax.
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Language and languages
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Indians -- Languages
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Grammar, Comparative and general
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Agreement
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Haiman, John
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Munro, Pamela.
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Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar (1981 : Winnipeg, Man.)
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| LC no. |
84126358 |
| ISBN |
9789027280268 |
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9027280266 |
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1283314215 |
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9781283314213 |
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9786613314215 |
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6613314218 |
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