Control into conjunctive participle clauses. The case of Assamese. Trends in linguistics, Studies and monographs 233.
Control into conjunctive participle clauses. The case of Assamese. Trends in linguistics, Studies and monographs 233.
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- ISBN
- 9783110238242
- Author
- Haddad, Youssef A.
- Publishers
- Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2011.
- Size
- XII, 226 S. Fadengehefteter Originalpappband.
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- Andere Sprachen
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- Languages
- English
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The book explores Adjunct Control in Assamese, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India by about 15 million people. The author works within the Minimalist Program of syntactic theory. Adjunct Control is a relation of co-referentiality between two subjects, one in the matrix clause and one in the adjunct clause of the same structure. The relevant adjuncts in Assamese are non-finite clauses commonly known as Conjunctive Participle (CNP) clauses. Four types of Adjunct Control are examined: Forward Control, in which only the matrix subject is pronounced; Backward Control, in which only the subordinate subject is pronounced; Copy Control, in which both subjects are pronounced; and Expletive Control, in which case the two control elements are expletives. While Forward Control is a cross-linguistically common control pattern, Assamese also allows the other three less common structures. ISBN 9783110238242
