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Derived Coordination - A Minimalist Perspective on Clause Chains, Converbs and Asymmetric Coordination (Hardcover, Digital original)
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Derived Coordination - A Minimalist Perspective on Clause Chains, Converbs and Asymmetric Coordination (Hardcover, Digital original)
Series: Linguistische Arbeiten
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This monograph explores the different types of clausal relations in
the world's languages. In the recent literature, there have been
claims that the strict dichotomy of subordination and coordination
cannot be maintained since some constructions seem to be in between
these two categories. This study investigates these constructions
in detail. The first part is concerned with clause chaining
constructions, while the second is concerned with different cases
of asymmetric coordination in English. In both parts, it is shown
that the different tests to distinguish clausal relations indeed
yield different results for the specific constructions. This poses
a severe challenge for the established theories of clausal
relations. However, as it is argued, recent analyses of
coordination provide for the possibility to map a subordinate
structure onto a coordinate one by means of regular
transformational rules. It is shown that a single movement step
derives all the peculiar properties of the phenomena in question.
This book thus provides the first comprehensive solution for a
long-standing problem in theoretical syntax.
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