Switch-reference and universal grammar : proceedings of a Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981 / edited by John Haiman and Pamela Munro.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Haiman, John.

Munro, Pamela.

Conference Name:

Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar (1981 : Winnipeg, Man.)

Symposium on Switch Reference and Universal Grammar

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 2.

Typological studies in language (TSL), 0167-7373 ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians--Languages--Congresses.

Indians.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Congresses.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Language and languages--Congresses.

Language and languages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Switch reference.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1983.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Canonical switch-reference is an inflectional category of the verb, which indicates whether or not its subject is identical with the subject of some other verb. Switch-reference may be analyzed from a structural or a functional point of view. Functionally, switch-reference is a device for referential tracking. Formally, switch-reference is almost always a verbal category, similar to the familiar category of verbal concord. In most languages switch-reference marking is indicated by a verbal affix, however in some languages it may be marked by an independent morpheme. The contributions to this v

Contents:

SWITCH-REFERENCE AND UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; NOTES; SWITCH REFERENCE IN TWO QUECHUA LANGUAGES; SWITCH-REFERENCE IN HUICHOL A TYPOLOGICAL STUDY; SOME FEATURES OF INTERCLAUSAL REFERENCE IN KEWA; TOPIC CONTINUITY IN DISCOURSE: THE FUNCTIONAL DOMAIN OF SWITCH REFERENCE; SWITCHREFERENCE, CLAUSE ORDER, AND INTERCLAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS IN MARICOPA1; ON SOME ORIGINS OF SWITCH REFERENCE MARKING; REFERENTIAL TRACKING IN NUNGGUBUYU (AUSTRALIA)

TYPOLOGICAL AND GENETIC NOTES ON SWITCH-REFERENCE SYSTEMS IN NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN LANGUAGES*SWITCHREFERENCESYSTEMSFROM TWO DISTINCT LINGUISTIC AREAS: WOJOKESO (PAPUA NEW GUINEA) AND GUANANO (NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA); SWITCH-REFERENCE IN LENAKEL; WHEN ""SAME"" IS NOT ""NOT DIFFERENT""; SWITCH REFERENCE IN THE NORTHEAST CAUCASUS; INTERCLAUSAL REFERENCE IN KASHAYA1; SWITCH REFERENCE, SYNTACTIC ORGANIZATION, AND RHETORICAL STRUCTURE IN CENTRAL YUP'IK ESKIMO*; REFERENCES; INDEX OF LANGUAGES, LANGUAGE FAMILIES, AND LANGUAGE AREAS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-31421-5

9786613314215

90-272-8026-6

OCLC:

756484660