Verbless Clauses: Revealing the Structure within

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NORDLINGER, R; SadlerEditor
Zaenen; Simpson; King, H; Grimshaw; Maling; ManningDate
2007Source Title
Architecture, Rules and Preferences: Variations on Themes by Joan BresnanPublisher
CSLI PublicationsUniversity of Melbourne Author/s
Nordlinger, RachelAffiliation
Languages And LinguisticsMetadata
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NORDLINGER, R. & Sadler (2007). Verbless Clauses: Revealing the Structure within. Zaenen (Ed.). Simpson (Ed.). King, H (Ed.). Grimshaw (Ed.). Maling (Ed.). Manning (Ed.). Architecture, Rules and Preferences: Variations on Themes by Joan Bresnan, (1), pp.139-160. CSLI Publications.Access Status
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Abstract
Although very frequent in their occurence across the world's languages, verbless constructions have received relatively little attention in the LFG literature (notable exceptions being Rosén (1996) and a brief discussion in Falk (2004)). In this paper we seek to redress this gap by providing a detailed analysis of verbless constructions in LFG. In particular, we show that the flexibility of the architecture of LFG allows for two possible analyses of these clause types, which we term the 'single-tier' and 'double-tier' analyses. Examination of the morphosyntactic properties of verbless clauses cross-linguistically provide support for these two different models of verbless constructions.
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Linguistic Structures (incl. Grammar; Phonology; Lexicon; Semantics) ; Languages and LiteratureExport Reference in RIS Format
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