Coordination, converbs and clause chaining in Coptic Egyptian typology and structural analysis
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Chris H. Reintges
Abstract
Coptic Egyptian (3rd–13th c. CE) possesses a large variety of coordinating constructions. The most central pattern for symmetric clause linkage involves the coordinating conjunction awɔː ‘and’. Symmetric awɔː-coordinations at different levels (phrasal, clausal, discourse paragraph) differ systematically in meaning. In the domain of asymmetric clause coordination the language employs special verb conjugations. The focus of this study is on converbs and conjunctive verbs. Coordinating converbs belong to the paradigm of relative tenses, which formally distinguish a large family of focus-sensitive constructions from pragmatically neutral declarative sentences. The conjunctive covers a broad spectrum of semantic relations between clauses, crossing the traditional distinction between coordination and subordination.
Abstract
Coptic Egyptian (3rd–13th c. CE) possesses a large variety of coordinating constructions. The most central pattern for symmetric clause linkage involves the coordinating conjunction awɔː ‘and’. Symmetric awɔː-coordinations at different levels (phrasal, clausal, discourse paragraph) differ systematically in meaning. In the domain of asymmetric clause coordination the language employs special verb conjugations. The focus of this study is on converbs and conjunctive verbs. Coordinating converbs belong to the paradigm of relative tenses, which formally distinguish a large family of focus-sensitive constructions from pragmatically neutral declarative sentences. The conjunctive covers a broad spectrum of semantic relations between clauses, crossing the traditional distinction between coordination and subordination.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Editor’s introduction 1
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Part I. Syntactic terminology and typological methods
- Clause linkage and Nexus in Papuan languages 27
- Capturing particulars and universals in clause linkage 51
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Part II. Clause-chaining, converbs, masdars, absolutive constructions, etc.
- Specialized converbs and adverbial subordination in Axaxdәrә Akhvakh 105
- Finite and non-finite 143
- Converbs and adverbial clauses in Badaga, a South-Dravidian language 165
- Coordination, converbs and clause chaining in Coptic Egyptian typology and structural analysis 203
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Part III. Subordination, informational hierarchy and referential hierarchy
- Informational and referential hierarchy 269
- Comment clause 313
- Deixis, information structure and clause linkage in Yafi’ Arabic (Yemen) 333
- The role of the Berber deictic and TAM markers in dependent clauses in Zenaga 355
- Deixis and temporal subordinators in Pomak (Slavic, Greece) 399
- Correlative markers as phoric “Grammaticalised Category Markers” of subordination in German 421
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Part IV. Informational hierarchy and TAM markers’ functions in clause-linkage
- Focus, mood and clause linkage in Umpithamu (Cape York Peninsula, Australia) 451
- Clause chaining and conjugations in Wolof 469
- Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency 499
- Tense-mood concordance and clause chaining in Mankon (a Grassfields Bantu language) 549
- Clause dependency relations in East Greenlandic Inuit 581
- Coordination and subordination 603
- Author index 619
- Language index 623
- Topic index 625
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- List of contributors vii
- Editor’s introduction 1
-
Part I. Syntactic terminology and typological methods
- Clause linkage and Nexus in Papuan languages 27
- Capturing particulars and universals in clause linkage 51
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Part II. Clause-chaining, converbs, masdars, absolutive constructions, etc.
- Specialized converbs and adverbial subordination in Axaxdәrә Akhvakh 105
- Finite and non-finite 143
- Converbs and adverbial clauses in Badaga, a South-Dravidian language 165
- Coordination, converbs and clause chaining in Coptic Egyptian typology and structural analysis 203
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Part III. Subordination, informational hierarchy and referential hierarchy
- Informational and referential hierarchy 269
- Comment clause 313
- Deixis, information structure and clause linkage in Yafi’ Arabic (Yemen) 333
- The role of the Berber deictic and TAM markers in dependent clauses in Zenaga 355
- Deixis and temporal subordinators in Pomak (Slavic, Greece) 399
- Correlative markers as phoric “Grammaticalised Category Markers” of subordination in German 421
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Part IV. Informational hierarchy and TAM markers’ functions in clause-linkage
- Focus, mood and clause linkage in Umpithamu (Cape York Peninsula, Australia) 451
- Clause chaining and conjugations in Wolof 469
- Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency 499
- Tense-mood concordance and clause chaining in Mankon (a Grassfields Bantu language) 549
- Clause dependency relations in East Greenlandic Inuit 581
- Coordination and subordination 603
- Author index 619
- Language index 623
- Topic index 625
