Informational and referential hierarchy
Clause-linking strategies in Austronesian-Oceanic languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20034182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Isabelle Bril (0000-0003-4582-9755, LACITO(Laboratoire des langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale), Fédération Typologie et Universaux Linguistiques, CNRS, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Pages | 269-312 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Clause linking and clause hierarchy (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/slcs.121.08bri |
| OpenAlex | W4214689373 |
| ISBN | 9789027205889 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This paper analyses clause-linking strategies in mostly Austronesian languages, with particular focus on the functions of informational and referential hierarchy strategies in the architecture of complex clauses. Informational (topic, focus) hierarchy and its markers, structure clauses as subordinate via the contrast between presupposition vs. assertion. Referential hierarchy and its markers (endophoric demonstratives and definite markers), are another subordinating strategy based on the contrast between already referential/backgrounded clause vs. asserted main clause. Paths of evolution leading from coordinators or from endophoric demonstratives to informational hierarchy markers and to subordinating conjunctions or constructions are more specifically discussed. It is argued that informational hierarchy and referential hierarchy strategies are inherent to the syntactic architecture of the complex clause
Hierarchy · Political science · Computer Science · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |