Switch reference and universal grammar : proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981 /
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 referentia...
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| Format: | Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1983.
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| Series: | Typological studies in language ;
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| 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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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 358 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789027280268 9027280266 1283314215 9781283314213 9786613314215 6613314218 |
