Subordination in conversation : a cross-linguistic perspective

Subordination in conversation : a cross-linguistic perspective / edited by Ritva Laury, Ryoko Suzuki.

The articles in this volume examine the notion of clausal subordination based on English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German and Japanese conversational data. Some of the articles approach 'subordination' in terms of social action, taking into account what participants are doing with their...

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Other Authors: Laury, Ritva, Suzuki, Ryoko
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins, 2011.
Series:Studies in language and social interaction ; v. 24.
Subjects:
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions.
Conversation analysis.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Grammar & Punctuation.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Syntax.
Conversation analysis
Grammar, Comparative and general > Subordinate constructions
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Table of Contents:
  • Subordination in Conversation; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; List of contributors; Introduction; N be that-constructions in everyday German conversation; Interrogative "complements" and question design in Estonian; Syntactic and actional characteristics of Finnish että-clauses; Clause-combining and the sequencing of actions; A note on the emergence of quotative constructions in Japanese conversation; Clines of subordination
  • constructions with the German 'complement-taking predicate' glauben.
  • Are kara 'because'-clauses causal subordinate clauses in present-day Japanese?Teyuuka and I mean as pragmatic parentheticals in Japanese and English; Name index; Subject index.

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