Subordination

ISBN-13: 9780199282005 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 372 str.

Sonia Cristofaro

Opis

This book presents a typology of subordination systems across the world's languages. Traditional definitions of subordination are based on morphosyntactic criteria, such as clausal embedding or non-finiteness. The book shows that these definitions are untenable in a cross-linguistic perspective, and provides a cognitively based definition of subordination.

Recenzje

the first systemic attempt to proivide a comprehensive functional account of the connections among all subordination types in terms of overall implicational hierarchies. To my mind, Cristofaro accomplishes this task with flying colours ... extremely well-written as well as user-friendly

O autorze

Sonia Cristofaro received her Ph.D. in Linguistics at the University of Pavia in 1998, and is now Associate Professor of Linguistics at the same university. Her main research areas include syntax, semantics, and typology. She is the author of a book on complementation in Ancient Greek (Aspetti della complementatione frasale in greco antico, 1996). Her publications also include various articles on the syntax and semantics of complex sentences.