Connectivity in Grammar and Discourse

Editors

Jochen Rehbein | Middle East Technical University, Ankara and University of Hamburg

Christiane Hohenstein | Middle East Technical University, Ankara and University of Hamburg

Lukas Pietsch | Middle East Technical University, Ankara and University of Hamburg

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In this collection of carefully selected papers connectivity is looked at from the vantage points of language contact, language change, language acquisition, multilingual communication and related domains based on various European and Non-European languages. From typological and multilingual perspectives the focus of investigation is on the grammatical architecture of a number of linguistic devices that interconnect units of text and discourse. The volume is organized along central concepts: A general section deals with connectivity in language change and language acquisition, subdivisions are devoted to pronouns, topics and subjects, the role of finiteness in text and discourse, coordination and subordination and particles, adverbials and constructions. The editors’ preface introduces connectivity as an object of linguistic research.

[Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism, 5] 2007. viii, 465 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/hsm.5

Table of Contents

Table of contents | pp. vii–viii

Connectivity as an object of linguistics

Jochen Rehbein, Christiane Hohenstein and Lukas Pietsch | pp. 1–18

Aspects of language change and language acquisition

Grammaticalization of converb constructions: The case of Japanese -te conjunctive constructions

Masayoshi Shibatani | pp. 21–49

Contact, connectivity and language evolution

Yaron Matras | pp. 51–74

Allora: On the recurrence of function-word borrowing in contact situations with Italian as donor language

Thomas Stolz | pp. 75–99

Some notes on the syntax–pragmatics interface in bilingual children: German in contact with French / Italian

Natascha Müller | pp. 101–135

Pronouns, topics and subjects

Distribution and function of clitic object pronouns in popular16th-18th century Greek narratives: A synchronic and diachronic perspective

Chrystalla A. Thoma | pp. 139–163

Nominative subjects of non-finite clauses in Hiberno-English

Lukas Pietsch | pp. 165–184

Finiteness in text and discourse

Aspectotemporal connectivity in Turkic: Text construction, text subdivision, discourse types and taxis

Lars Johanson | pp. 187–198

Connectivity by means of finite elements in monolingual and bilingual Turkish discourse

Birsel Karakoç | pp. 199–227

Subordination – coordination

Alternative subordination strategies in Turkish

Celia Kerslake | pp. 231–258

Studying connectivity with the help of computer-readable corpora: Some exemplary analyses from modern and historical, written and spoken corpora

Nicole Baumgarten, Annette Herkenrath, Thomas Schmidt, Kai Wörner and Ludger Zeevaert | pp. 259–289

Discourse coordination in Turkish monolingual and Turkish-German bilingual children’s talk: işte

Annette Herkenrath | pp. 291–325

Adverbials, particles and constructions

Modal adverbs as discourse markers: A bilingual approach to the study of indeed

Karin Aijmer | pp. 329–344

„So, given this common theme...“: Linking constructions in discourse across languages

Kristin Bührig and Juliane House | pp. 345–365

An utterance-transcending connector: Particle to in utterance-final position in Japanese business reporting

Yuko Sugita | pp. 367–393

Between connectivity and modality: Reported speech in interpreter-mediated doctor-patient communication

Thomas Johnen and Bernd Meyer | pp. 395–417

Matrix constructions

Jochen Rehbein | pp. 419–447

Language index | pp. 449–450

Name index | pp. 451–455

Subject index | pp. 457–465

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2023. Subordination in Turkish Heritage Children with and without Developmental Language Impairment. Languages 8:4 ► pp. 239 ff.

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