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Relative clauses in languages of the Americas : a typological overview /
Patterns of relative clause formation tend to vary according to the typological properties of a language. Highly polysynthetic languages tend to have fully nominalized relative clauses and no relative pronouns, while other typologically diverse languages tend to have relative clauses which are simil...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins,
2012.
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| Colección: | Typological studies in language.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. map, pvii-viii; 2. Introduction (by Comrie, Bernard), pix-xiv; 3. part I. Diachrony, typology, and theory; 4. Toward a diachronic typology of relative clause (by Givon, T.), p1-26; 5. The evolution of language and elaborateness of grammar: The case of relative clauses in creole languages (by Kuteva, Tania), p27-46; 6. Some issues in the linking between syntax and semantics in relative clauses (by Van Valin, Jr., Robert D.), p47-64; 7. Part II. Uto-Aztecan; 8. Relative clauses and nominalizations in Yaqui (by Gonzalez, Albert Alvarez), p65-96; 9. On relative clauses and related constructions in Yaqui (by Guerrero, Lilian), p97-126; 10. From demonstrative to relative marker to clause linker: Relative clause formation in Pima Bajo (by Estrada-Fernandez, Zarina), p127-146; 11. Functional underpinnings of diachrony in relative clause formation: The nominalization-relativization connection in Northern Paiute (by Thornes, Timothy J.), p147-170; 12. Part III. Elsewhere in the Americas; 13. Clauses as noun modifiers in Toba (Guaycuruan) (by Carpio, Maria Belen), p171-190; 14. Between headed and headless relative clauses (by Epps, Patience), p191-212; 15. Relative clauses in Seri (by Marlett, Stephen A.), p213-242; 16. Relative clauses in Gaviao of Rondonia (by Moore, Denny), p243-252; 17. Relative clauses in Yucatec Maya: Light heads vs. Null domain (by Gutierrez-Bravo, Rodrigo), p253-268; 18. Questionable relatives (by Mithun, Marianne), p269-300.