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A Study of Clause Linkage
Language: en
Pages: 253
Authors: Yoko Hasegawa
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-04-26 - Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications

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Employing a hybrid theoretical framework of Role and Reference Grammar and Construction Grammar, this volume investigates the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic
Clause Combining in Grammar and Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 456
Authors: John Haiman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988-01-01 - Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing

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Traditionally the study of syntax is restricted to the study of what goes on within the boundaries of the prosodic sentence. Although the nature of clause combi
The Semantics of Clause Linking
Language: en
Pages: 429
Authors: R. M. W. Dixon
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-08-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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This book is a cross-linguistic examination of the grammatical means languages employ to represent a set of semantic relations between clauses. Professor Dixon'
Bridging constructions
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: Valérie Guérin
Categories: Electronic books
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019 - Publisher: Language Science Press

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Many descriptive grammars report the use of a linguistic pattern at the interface between discourse and syntax which is known generally as tail-head linkage. Th
Levels in Clause Linkage
Language: en
Pages: 906
Authors: Tasaku Tsunoda
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-02-05 - Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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This is a cross-linguistic exploration of the use of clause linkage markers in causal, conditional, and concessive sentences. Employing a five-level classificat