Connectivity in Grammar and Discourse
Editors
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
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Table of contents | pp. vii–viii
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Connectivity as an object of linguisticsJochen Rehbein, Christiane Hohenstein and Lukas Pietsch | pp. 1–18
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Aspects of language change and language acquisition
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Grammaticalization of converb constructions: The case of Japanese -te conjunctive constructionsMasayoshi Shibatani | pp. 21–49
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Contact, connectivity and language evolutionYaron Matras | pp. 51–74
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Allora: On the recurrence of function-word borrowing in contact situations with Italian as donor languageThomas Stolz | pp. 75–99
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Some notes on the syntax–pragmatics interface in bilingual children: German in contact with French / ItalianNatascha Müller | pp. 101–135
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Pronouns, topics and subjects
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Distribution and function of clitic object pronouns in popular16th-18th century Greek narratives: A synchronic and diachronic perspectiveChrystalla A. Thoma | pp. 139–163
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Nominative subjects of non-finite clauses in Hiberno-EnglishLukas Pietsch | pp. 165–184
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Finiteness in text and discourse
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Aspectotemporal connectivity in Turkic: Text construction, text subdivision, discourse types and taxisLars Johanson | pp. 187–198
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Connectivity by means of finite elements in monolingual and bilingual Turkish discourseBirsel Karakoç | pp. 199–227
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Subordination – coordination
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Alternative subordination strategies in TurkishCelia Kerslake | pp. 231–258
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Studying connectivity with the help of computer-readable corpora: Some exemplary analyses from modern and historical, written and spoken corporaNicole Baumgarten, Annette Herkenrath, Thomas Schmidt, Kai Wörner and Ludger Zeevaert | pp. 259–289
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Discourse coordination in Turkish monolingual and Turkish-German bilingual children’s talk: işteAnnette Herkenrath | pp. 291–325
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Adverbials, particles and constructions
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Modal adverbs as discourse markers: A bilingual approach to the study of indeedKarin Aijmer | pp. 329–344
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„So, given this common theme...“: Linking constructions in discourse across languagesKristin Bührig and Juliane House | pp. 345–365
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An utterance-transcending connector: Particle to in utterance-final position in Japanese business reportingYuko Sugita | pp. 367–393
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Between connectivity and modality: Reported speech in interpreter-mediated doctor-patient communicationThomas Johnen and Bernd Meyer | pp. 395–417
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Matrix constructionsJochen Rehbein | pp. 419–447
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Language index | pp. 449–450
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Name index | pp. 451–455
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Subject index | pp. 457–465
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFDM: Bilingualism & multilingualism
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General