The Formal Grammar of Switch-Reference (RLE Linguistics B: Grammar)
| By: | Daniel L Finer |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415723701 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781317933670 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1985 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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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.