Switch Reference and Universal Grammar

Proceedings of a symposium on switch reference and universal grammar, Winnipeg, May 1981

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John Haiman

Pamela Munro

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Canonical switch-reference is an inflectional category of the verb, which indicates whether or not its subject is identical with the subject of some other verb. Switch-reference may be analyzed from a structural or a functional point of view. Functionally, switch-reference is a device for referential tracking. Formally, switch-reference is almost always a verbal category, similar to the familiar category of verbal concord. In most languages switch-reference marking is indicated by a verbal affix, however in some languages it may be marked by an independent morpheme. The contributions to this volume are concerned with questions of form, function, and genesis of canonical switch-reference systems.

[Typological Studies in Language, 2] 1983. xv, 337 pp.

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https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.2

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements | p. vii

Introduction | p. ix

Switch-reference in two Quechua languages

Peter Cole | p. 1

Switch-reference in Huichol: A typological study

Bernard Comrie | p. 17

Some features of interclausal reference in Kewa

Karl J. Franklin | p. 39

Topic continuity in discourse: The functional domain of switch-reference

T. Givón | p. 51

Switch-reference, clause order, and interclausal relationships in Maricopa

Lynn Gordon | p. 83

On some origins of switch-reference marking

John Haiman | p. 105

Referential tracking in Nunggubuyu

Jeffrey Heath | p. 129

Typological and genetic notes on switch-reference systems in Noth American Indian Languages

William H. Jacobsen | p. 151

Switch-reference systems in two distinct linguistic areas: Wojokeso (Papua New Guinea) and Guanano (Northern South America)

Robert E. Longacre | p. 185

Switch-reference in Lenakel

John Lynch | p. 209

When “same” is not “not different”

Pamela Munro | p. 223

Switch-reference in the Northeast Caucasus

Johanna Nichols | p. 245

Interclausal reference in Kashaya

Robert L. Oswalt | p. 267

Switch-reference, syntactic organization, and rhetorical structure in Central Yup’ik Eskimo

Anthony C. Woodbury | p. 291

Index of Languages | p. 337

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