'Subordination' versus 'Coordination' in Sentence and Text
A cross-linguistic perspective
University of Oslo
The papers collected in this volume (including a comprehensive introduction) investigate semantic and discourse-related aspects of subordination and coordination, in particular the relationship between subordination/coordination at the sentence level and subordination/coordination - or hierarchical/non-hierarchical organization - at the discourse level. The contributions in part I are concerned with central theoretical questions; part II consists of corpus-based cross-linguistic studies of clause combining and discourse structure, involving at least two of the languages English, German, Dutch, French and Norwegian; part III contains papers addressing specific - predominantly semantic - topics relating to German, English or French; and the papers in part IV approach the topic of subordination, coordination and rhetorical relations from a diachronic (Old Indic and Early Germanic) perspective. The book aims to contribute to a better understanding of information packaging on the sentence and text level related, within a particular language as well as cross-linguistically.
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 98]
2008.
vi, 359 pp.
Publishing status: Available
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9789027231093
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Table of Contents
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Editor's introduction: Subordination and coordination from different perspectives
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1–30
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Part I. General and theoretical issues
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RST revisited: Disentangling nuclearity
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33–58
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Subordination and coordination in syntax, semantics, and discourse: Evidence from the study of connectives
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59–85
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Part II. Cross-linguistic approaches
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A corpus-based perspective on clause linking patterns in English, French and Dutch
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89–114
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Sentence splitting – and strategies to preserve discourse structure in German-Norwegian translations
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115–133
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Upgrading of non-restrictive relative clauses in translation: A change in discourse structure?
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135–159
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Subordination in narratives and macro-structural planning: A comparative point of view
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161–184
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Part III. Monolingual studies
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German dependent clauses from a constraint-based perspective
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187–216
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To the right of the clause: Right dislocation vs. afterthought
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217–239
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Exploring the role of clause subordination in discourse structure: The case of Frenchavant que
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241–254
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Pseudo-imperatives and other cases of conditional conjunction and conjunctive disjunction
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255–279
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From discourse to "odd coordinations": On asymmetric coordination and subject gaps in German
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281–303
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Part IV. Diachronic perspectives
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Old Indic clauses between subordination and coordination
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307–327
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Rhetorical relations and verb placement in the early Germanic languages: A cross-linguistic study
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329–351
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Index of subjects
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353–356
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Index of names
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357–359
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Quotes
“Volumes like this one are to be lauded for serving as invitations to all those who are still undecided as to whether to join (or rejoin) this fascinating field of research!”
Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiburg, in Functions of Language Vol. 18:1 (2011)
Subjects
Benjamins Subject classification
Linguistics
BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics
U.S. Library of Congress Control Number: 2007052231