Switch reference 2.0 / edited by Rik van Gijn, Jeremy Hammond.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gijn, Rik van, editor.

Hammond, Jeremy, editor.

Series:

Typological studies in language ; Volume 114.

Typological Studies in Language, 0167-7373 ; Volume 114

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grammar, Comparative and general--Switch-reference.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Agreement.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Verb.

Discourse analysis.

Typology (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (511 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, [Netherlands] ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Switch reference is a grammatical process that marks a referential relationship between arguments of two (or more) verbs. Typically it has been characterized as an inflection pattern on the verb itself, encoding identity or non-identity between subject arguments separately from traditional person or number marking. In the 50 years since William Jacobsen’s coinage of the term, switch reference has evolved from an exotic phenomenon found in a handful of lesser-known languages to a widespread feature found in geographically and linguistically unconnected parts of the world. The growing body of information on the topic raises new theoretical and empirical questions about the development, functions, and nature of switch reference, as well as the internal variation between different switch-reference systems. The contributions to this volume discuss these and other questions for a wide variety of languages from all over the world, and endevaour to demonstrate the full functional and morphosyntactic range of the phenomenon.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Switch reference

Some non-canonical switch reference systems and the fundamental functions of switch reference

Is there switch-reference marking in coordinated clauses?

Takic switch reference in Uto-Aztecan perspective

Switch reference in Western South America

Switch reference systems in the Barbacoan languages and their neighbors

The zero-marked switch-reference system of the Papuan language Iatmul

Discourse factors of switch-reference in Whitesands (Oceanic)

Typologically relevant peculiarities of the switch reference system in Yukaghir

Ėven converbs and the syntax of switch-reference

Chickasaw switch-reference revisited

More on switch-reference in Kotiria (Wanano, East Tukano)

Switch-reference and case-marking in Aguaruna (Jivaroan) and beyond

Target, embedding and switch-reference constructions in Kakataibo (Panoan, Peru)

Language Index

Author Index

Subject Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.

Description based on print version record.