Subordination

By Sonia Cristofaro

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199282005
• ISBN13: 9780199282005
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"