Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents vii
3. Connectivity as an object of linguistics 1
4. Aspects of language change and language acquisition
5. Grammaticalization of converb constructions 21
6. Contact, connectivity and language evolution 51
7. Allora 75
8. Some notes on the syntax–pragmatics interface in bilingual children 101
9. Pronouns, topics and subjects
10. Distribution and function of clitic object pronouns in popular16th-18th century Greek narratives 139
11. Nominative subjects of non-finite clauses in Hiberno-English 165
12. Finiteness in text and discourse
13. Aspectotemporal connectivity in Turkic 187
14. Connectivity by means of finite elements in monolingual and bilingual Turkish discourse 199
15. Subordination – coordination
16. Alternative subordination strategies in Turkish 231
17. Studying connectivity with the help of computer-readable corpora 259
18. Discourse coordination in Turkish monolingual and Turkish-German bilingual children’s talk: işte 291
19. Adverbials, particles and constructions
20. Modal adverbs as discourse markers 329
21. „So, given this common theme...“ 345
22. An utterance-transcending connector 367
23. Between connectivity and modality 395
24. Matrix constructions 419
25. Language index 449
26. Name index 451
27. Subject index 457