Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination: A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Linguistic Variation

Carlos García-Castillero

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Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination

A Corpus-Driven Analysis of Linguistic Variation

Carlos García-Castillero

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On the basis of a corpus of Old Irish texts justified and described in the introductory chapter, this monograph considers cases of variation in the expression of clausal subordination: a pair of synonymous light heads, a pair of synonymous temporal conjunctions ‘when’, a pair of paronymous final consecutive markers ‘so that’, as well as the difference between the latter and a marker of purpose subordinate. Each analysis counts with a sufficient number of cases, and deals with descriptive and diachronic issues. This work contributes to the study of the Old Irish syntax and is also of interest for the investigation of clause subordination in both the typological and diachronic perspectives.

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Carlos García-Castillero, University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.

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1 Introduction
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2 The nominative / accusative singular neuter light heads a^N and aní
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3 The temporal subordinating conjunctions inta(i)n ‘when’ and a^N ‘when’
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4 The result subordinating markers co^N- ‘till, so that’ and co^L ‘so that’
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5 The purpose conjunct particle ar(a)^N- ‘so that’ and the result conjunct particle co^N- ‘till, so that’
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6 Conclusions
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Old Irish; Clause Subordination; Corpus Linguistics; Diachrony (of Subordinating Markers); Linguistic Variation

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Linguists interested in Celtology, Indo-European Ling., Lang. Typology, Morphosyntax & Diachronic Linguistics

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Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

List of tables and figures

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 The nominative / accusative singular neuter light heads a^N and aní

3 The temporal subordinating conjunctions inta(i)n ‘when’ and a^N ‘when’

4 The result subordinating markers co^N- ‘till, so that’ and co^L ‘so that’

5 The purpose conjunct particle ar(a)^N- ‘so that’ and the result conjunct particle co^N- ‘till, so that’

6 Conclusions

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

Studies in Old Irish Clause Subordination

Overview

About this book

Author / Editor information

Topics

Table of contents

Frontmatter

Foreword

Contents

List of tables and figures

List of abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 The nominative / accusative singular neuter light heads aN and aní

3 The temporal subordinating conjunctions inta(i)n ‘when’ and aN ‘when’

4 The result subordinating markers coN- ‘till, so that’ and coL ‘so that’

5 The purpose conjunct particle ar(a)N- ‘so that’ and the result conjunct particle coN- ‘till, so that’

6 Conclusions

Appendix

Bibliography

Index

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2 The nominative / accusative singular neuter light heads a^N and aní

3 The temporal subordinating conjunctions inta(i)n ‘when’ and a^N ‘when’

4 The result subordinating markers co^N- ‘till, so that’ and co^L ‘so that’

5 The purpose conjunct particle ar(a)^N- ‘so that’ and the result conjunct particle co^N- ‘till, so that’