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Switch-reference and Universal Grammar

Switch-reference and Universal Grammar PDF Author: John Haiman
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027228663
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 359

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Canonical switch-reference is an inflectional category of the verb, which indicates whether or not its subject is identical with the subject of some other verb. Switch-reference may be analyzed from a structural or a functional point of view. Functionally, switch-reference is a device for referential tracking. Formally, switch-reference is almost always a verbal category, similar to the familiar category of verbal concord. In most languages switch-reference marking is indicated by a verbal affix, however in some languages it may be marked by an independent morpheme. The contributions to this volume are concerned with questions of form, function, and genesis of canonical switch-reference systems.