30.1285, Books: Bridging constructions: Guérin (ed.)

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Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 22:08:29
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [Sebastian.Nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: Bridging constructions: Guérin (ed.)

 


Title: Bridging constructions 
Series Title: Studies in Diversity Linguistics  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Language Science Press
	   http://langsci-press.org
	

Book URL: http://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/216 


Editor: Valérie Guérin

Electronic: ISBN:  9783961101412 Pages: 296 Price: Europe EURO 0 Comment: Open Access


Abstract:

Many descriptive grammars report the use of a linguistic pattern at the
interface between discourse and syntax which is known generally as tail-head
linkage. This volume takes an unprecedented look at this type of linkage
across languages and shows that there exist three distinct variants, all
subsumed under the hypernym bridging constructions. The chapters highlight the
defining features of these constructions in the grammar and their functional
properties in discourse. The volume reveals that:

* Bridging constructions consist of two clauses: a reference clause and a
bridging clause. Across languages, bridging clauses can be subordinated
clauses, reduced main clauses, or main clauses with continuation prosody.

* Bridging constructions have three variants: recapitulative linkage, summary
linkage and mixed linkage. They differ in the formal makeup of the bridging
clause.

* In discourse, the functions that bridging constructions fulfil depend on the
text genres in which they appear and their position in the text.

* If a language uses more than one type of bridging construction, then each
type has a distinct discourse function.

* Bridging constructions can be optional and purely stylistic or mandatory and
serve a grammatical purpose.

* Although the difference between bridging constructions and clause repetition
can be subtle, they maintain their own distinctive characteristics.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
                     Typology


Written In: English  (eng)

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