Article outline

• 7.1Re-orientation
• 7.2Recapitulation I: Clause-chains and thematic coherence
• 7.3Recapitulation II: The grammar of referential coherence
  • 7.3.1General outline
  • 7.3.2Highest continuity devices
  • 7.3.3Short-distance discontinuity devices
  • 7.3.4Long-distance discontinuity devices
  • 7.3.5From anaphoric to catapohoric continuity
• 7.4The grammaticalization of clause chaining
  • 7.4.1Pre-grammar baseline: Second-language pidgin
  • 7.4.2Zero (SS) vs. independent pronoun (DS): Ute
  • 7.4.3Agreement (SS) vs. independent pronouns (DS): Bantu, Romance
• 7.5Complex grammaticalization of continuing reference (SS) vs. switch-reference (DS)
  • 7.5.1Preliminaries
  • 7.5.2Early-stage complex grammaticalization: Kanite, Kosena
  • 7.5.3Late-stage complex grammaticalization and finiteness
    • 7.5.3.1Kalam
    • 7.5.3.2Tairora
    • 7.5.3.3Kobon and Haruai
    • 7.5.3.4Dusan
• 7.6Finiteness gradients and clause chaining
  • 7.6.1Finiteness: A brief introduction
  • 7.6.2Participials with case-agreement: Jiwarli
• 7.7Clause-chaining and discourse coherence
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• Abbreviations of grammatical terms