Emai's Variable Coding of Adjuncts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19522909 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald P Schaefer (0000-0003-4053-3082, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville), Francis O Egbokhare (0000-0003-0577-1288, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Linguistic Discovery (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1537-0852 • E-ISSN: 1537-0852 |
| Publisher | Dartmouth College Library Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1349/ps1.1537-0852.a.443 |
| OpenAlex | W2326745400 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper examines the morphosyntactic character of clauses containing adjuncts in Emai (Edoid and West Benue Congo). In clauses differing as to discourse function, adjunct coding is variable. Some adjunct types are consistently structured as either head of a phrase or complement in a phrase headed by a verb. Other adjuncts are coded more variably. In canonical declarative clauses, they appear in postverbal position unmarked by a verb, but in one or more noncanonical clause types, their clause requires a verb otherwise latent. Resulting patterns are assessed from a perspective in
Adjunct · Dependent clause · Linguistics · Modal verb · Natural language processing · Non-finite clause · Noun phrase · Phrase · Sentence · Verb · Verb phrase · Verb phrase ellipsis · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
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| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |