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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199252793
• ISBN13: 9780199252794
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"