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1 online resource |
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 50 |
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Empirical approaches to language typology ; 50.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part 1. Theoretical and methodological premises; 1. Theoretical background; 1.1. Basic definitions; 1.1.1. Relative relations; 1.1.2. Relative constructions; 1.2. Theoretical framework; 1.3. 'Standard' and 'non-standard'; 1.3.1. Defining 'standard' and 'non-standard'; 1.3.2. On the usefulness of distinguishing standard from non-standard in linguistic research; 1.4. Relative clauses in European languages: the state of the art; 1.5. Aims of the study; 2. Data sources |
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2.1. Looking for non-standard constructions2.2. Language sample; 2.3. A review of data sources; 2.3.1. Linguistic evidence; 2.3.2. Grammars; 2.3.3. Linguistic studies; 2.3.4. Questionnaires; 2.3.5. Language corpora; 2.3.6. The World Wide Web; 2.3.7. Language corpora vs. the World Wide Web; 2.3.8. Historical evidence; 2.3.9. Summary; 3. Data classification; 3.1. Word order; 3.2. Relative element; 3.2.1 Simple relative elements; 3.2.2. Combined relative elements; 3.3. Syntactic positions relativized; 3.4. Correlating the parameters; 3.5. Classification problems |
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3.5.1. How 'relative' are relative particles?3.5.2. The morphosyntactic status of Turkish ki; 3.5.3. Zero-marker or coordinate clauses?; 3.5.4. Simple or combined?; 3.5.5. The status of adpositions; 3.5.6. One strategy or two?; Part 2. An areal study of non-standard relative constructions in European languages; 4. Typological issues; 4.1. Word order; 4.1.1. The postnominal strategy; 4.1.2. The correlative strategy; 4.1.3. The postposed strategy; 4.2. Relative element; 4.2.1. Inflected elements remain uninflected; 4.2.2. The syntactic role of the relativized item in the RC is not encoded |
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4.2.3. The diffusion of relative particles4.2.4. Other phenomena related to relative elements; 4.3. Syntactic positions relativized; 4.3.1. Decumulation; 4.3.2. Double encoding; 4.3.3. No encoding; 4.3.4. Case matching; 4.3.5. Avoiding the relative clause; 4.4. Typological conclusions; 4.5. A functional account?; 5. Sociolinguistic issues; 5.1. Non-standard vs. standard relative constructions: a sociolinguistic account; 5.1.1. Word order; 5.1.2. Relative element; 5.1.3. Syntactic position relativized; 5.2. A scale of standardness for relative constructions in European languages |
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5.2.1. The degree of standardness of individual strategies5.2.2. The relationship between strategies; 5.2.3. Factors influencing the position of languages on the scale; 5.3. Standard, non-standard and speakers' choices; 6. Diachronic issues; 6.1. Non-standard relative constructions: diachronic evidence; 6.2. Word order; 6.2.1. Turkish ki and the postnominal strategy in Basque; 6.2.2. The correlative strategy; 6.2.3. The postposed strategy; 6.3. Relative element; 6.3.1. Relative pronouns; 6.3.2. Specialized relative elements; 6.3.3. Relative particles; 6.3.4. The zero-marker |
| Summary |
Cross-linguistic studies on relative constructions in European languages are often centred on standard varieties as described in reference grammars. This volume breaks with the tradition in that it investigates relative constructions in non-standard varieties from a multidisciplinary perspective and addresses a crucial question: what does Europe's typological panorama actually look like? |
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Dialectology |
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Language Typology |
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Syntax |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Language and languages -- Variation.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Dialectology.
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Typology (Linguistics)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- General.
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Dialectology
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Relative clauses
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
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Language and languages -- Variation
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Typology (Linguistics)
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| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Languages -- Variation
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| Subject |
Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011033458 |
| ISBN |
3110238799 |
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9783110238792 |
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1283429969 |
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9781283429962 |
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9786613429964 |
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6613429961 |
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