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LINGUIST List 23.4242

Thu Oct 11 2012

Books: Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas: Comrie, Estrada-Fernández (Eds)

Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <daniellalinguistlist.org>

Date: 04-Oct-2012
From: Paul Peranteau <paulbenjamins.com>
Subject: Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas: Comrie, Estrada-Fernández (Eds)
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Title: Relative Clauses in Languages of the Americas
Subtitle: A typological overview
Series Title: Typological Studies in Language 102
Published: 2012
Publisher: John Benjamins
                http://www.benjamins.com/

Book URL: http://benjamins.com/catalog/tsl.102

Editor: Bernard Comrie
Editor: Zarina Estrada-Fernández
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273390 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273390 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 99.00
Electronic: ISBN: 9789027273390 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 83.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027206831 Pages: Price: Europe EURO 104.94
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027206831 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 99.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9789027206831 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Abstract:

Patterns of relative clause formation tend to vary according to the typological properties of a language. Highly polysynthetic languages tend to have fully nominalized relative clauses and no relative pronouns, while other typologically diverse languages tend to have relative clauses which are similar to main or independent clauses. Languages of the Americas, with their rich genetic diversity, have all been under the influence of European languages, whether Spanish, English or Portuguese, a situation that may be expected to have influenced their grammatical patterns. The present volume focuses on two tasks: The first deals with the discussion of functional principles related to relative clause formation: diachrony and paths of grammaticalization, simplicity vs. complexity, and formalization of rules to capture semantic-syntactic correlations. The second provides a typological overview of relative clauses in nine different languages going from north to south in the Americas.

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                            Syntax
                            Typology

Written In: English (eng)

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