Subordination in conversation : a cross-linguistic perspective /

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The articles in this volume examine the notion of clausal subordination based on English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Japanese conversational data. Some of the articles approach 'subordination' in terms of social action, taking into account what participants are doing with their...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Laury, Ritva, Suzuki, Ryoko
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2011.
Series:Studies in language and social interaction ; v. 24.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions.
Conversation analysis.
Subordonnées (Linguistique)
Analyse de la conversation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Subordination in Conversation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Introduction; N be that-constructions in everyday German conversation; Interrogative "complements" and question design in Estonian; Syntactic and actional characteristics of Finnish että-clauses; Clause-combining and the sequencing of actions; A note on the emergence of quotative constructions in Japanese conversation; Clines of subordination
  • constructions with the German 'complement-taking predicate' glauben.
  • Are kara 'because'-clauses causal subordinate clauses in present-day Japanese?Teyuuka and I mean as pragmatic parentheticals in Japanese and English; Name index; Subject index.

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