'Subordination' versus 'Coordination' in Sentence and Text

A cross-linguistic perspective

Editors

Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen | University of Oslo

Wiebke Ramm | University of Oslo

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The papers collected in this volume (including a comprehensive introduction) investigate semantic and discourse-related aspects of subordination and coordination, in particular the relationship between subordination/coordination at the sentence level and subordination/coordination – or hierarchical/non-hierarchical organization – at the discourse level. The contributions in part I are concerned with central theoretical questions; part II consists of corpus-based cross-linguistic studies of clause combining and discourse structure, involving at least two of the languages English, German, Dutch, French and Norwegian; part III contains papers addressing specific – predominantly semantic – topics relating to German, English or French; and the papers in part IV approach the topic of subordination, coordination and rhetorical relations from a diachronic (Old Indic and Early Germanic) perspective. The book aims to contribute to a better understanding of information packaging on the sentence and text level related, within a particular language as well as cross-linguistically.

[Studies in Language Companion Series, 98] 2008. vi, 359 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.98

Table of Contents

Editor's introduction: Subordination and coordination from different perspectives

Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen and Wiebke Ramm | pp. 1–30

Part I. General and theoretical issues

RST revisited: Disentangling nuclearity

Manfred Stede | pp. 33–58

Subordination and coordination in syntax, semantics, and discourse: Evidence from the study of connectives

Hardarik Blühdorn | pp. 59–85

Part II. Cross-linguistic approaches

A corpus-based perspective on clause linking patterns in English, French and Dutch

Christelle Cosme | pp. 89–114

Sentence splitting – and strategies to preserve discourse structure in German-Norwegian translations

Kåre Solfjeld | pp. 115–133

Upgrading of non-restrictive relative clauses in translation: A change in discourse structure?

Wiebke Ramm | pp. 135–159

Subordination in narratives and macro-structural planning: A comparative point of view

Mary Carroll, Antje Rossdeutscher, Monique Lambert and Christiane von Stutterheim | pp. 161–184

Part III. Monolingual studies

German dependent clauses from a constraint-based perspective

Anke Holler | pp. 187–216

To the right of the clause: Right dislocation vs. afterthought

Maria Averintseva-Klisch | pp. 217–239

Exploring the role of clause subordination in discourse structure: The case of Frenchavant que

Laurence Delort | pp. 241–254

Pseudo-imperatives and other cases of conditional conjunction and conjunctive disjunction

Michael Franke | pp. 255–279

From discourse to "odd coordinations": On asymmetric coordination and subject gaps in German

Ingo Reich | pp. 281–303

Part IV. Diachronic perspectives

Old Indic clauses between subordination and coordination

Rosemarie Lühr | pp. 307–327

Rhetorical relations and verb placement in the early Germanic languages: A cross-linguistic study

Svetlana Petrova and Michael Solf | pp. 329–351

Index of subjects | pp. 353–356

Index of names | pp. 357–359

“Volumes like this one are to be lauded for serving as invitations to all those who are still undecided as to whether to join (or rejoin) this fascinating field of research!”

Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiburg, in Functions of Language Vol. 18:1 (2011)

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