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The Formal Grammar of Switch-Reference (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)

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The Formal Grammar of Switch-Reference (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar) - Finer, Daniel L
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This book studies the syntax of switch-reference and its implications for the theory of grammar. Switch-reference, found in many genetically and geographically diverse languages, is a phenomenon whereby referential identity between subjects of hierarchically adjacent clauses is encoded by the presence of a morpheme, usually suffixed to the verb of the subordinate clause. This book argues that switch-reference should be analysed as a syntactic rather than a purely pragmatic or functional feature of language.

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The Formal Grammar of Switch-Reference (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar) 2016, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9781138989283

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The Formal Grammar of Switch-Reference (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar) 2013, Routledge, Oxford

ISBN-13: 9780415723701

Hardcover