Relating propositions : subordination and coordination strategies in a polysynthetic language

This paper discusses the relationship between the morphological structure of language and its syntactic structure. Although it is primarily a single language which is analysed in detail, namely, Inuktitut, an Eskimo language of the Canadian Eastern Arctic, the findings seem to be of general relevanc...

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Main Author: Nowak, Elke
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12440
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1133453
http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/files/12440/LT.pdf
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Summary:This paper discusses the relationship between the morphological structure of language and its syntactic structure. Although it is primarily a single language which is analysed in detail, namely, Inuktitut, an Eskimo language of the Canadian Eastern Arctic, the findings seem to be of general relevance.