Correlative markers as phoric “Grammaticalised Category Markers” of subordination in German
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Colette Cortès
Abstract
The present article deals with the status and definition of correlative markers in modern German subordinate clauses, which retain “phoric” properties from their etymological determinative nature, from which their demarcative or connective functions proceed, characterising either the subordinate clause itself or its relation to the complex sentence. The discussion shows that correlatives are deep structure determination markers and that their semantic and pragmatic functions vary with the type of subordinate clause and the type of complex sentence with which they combine. The complex sentence is thus to be defined not as the mere concatenation of two simple sentences, but rather as the result of intricate constructions which must be considered from a holistic viewpoint, because the whole sentence is more than the sum of its parts, where additional meaning is essentially contained in the binding determinative markers and assertive markers which build interdependent relations and set the sentence within a bigger pragmatic and textual whole.
Abstract
The present article deals with the status and definition of correlative markers in modern German subordinate clauses, which retain “phoric” properties from their etymological determinative nature, from which their demarcative or connective functions proceed, characterising either the subordinate clause itself or its relation to the complex sentence. The discussion shows that correlatives are deep structure determination markers and that their semantic and pragmatic functions vary with the type of subordinate clause and the type of complex sentence with which they combine. The complex sentence is thus to be defined not as the mere concatenation of two simple sentences, but rather as the result of intricate constructions which must be considered from a holistic viewpoint, because the whole sentence is more than the sum of its parts, where additional meaning is essentially contained in the binding determinative markers and assertive markers which build interdependent relations and set the sentence within a bigger pragmatic and textual whole.
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
