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Emergent Syntax for Conversation: Clausal patterns and the organization of action
Edited by Yael Maschler, Simona Pekarek Doehler, Jan Lindström and Leelo Keevallik
[Studies in Language and Social Interaction 32] 2020
► pp. 1–22

Chapter 1
Complex syntax-in-interaction

Emergent and emerging clause-combining patterns for organizing social actions

Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Complex syntax-in-interaction
  • 3.Purpose and structure of the volume
    • i.Emerging projecting constructions
    • ii.Locally emergent clause-combining patterns
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 17 February 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/slsi.32.01doe
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