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Finiteness and Nominalization
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This volume addresses the relation between finiteness and nominalization, which is far more complex than the simple opposition finite-nonfinite. The contributions analyze finiteness cross-linguistically from both synchronic and diachronic perspectives, focusing on a number of topics that has not been thoroughly explored in the literature. First, the correlation between finiteness and nominalization is also affected by a third factor, information structure. Second, there is a correlation between the continuum of finiteness and the scale from main/independent clauses to dependent clauses. Given that of nominalized constructions occur not only in dependent clauses, but also in independent clauses, it is possible to grade according to degree of nominalization, which can then be related to the scale of finiteness. Finally, each of these scales can also be seen as a product the diachronic process of re-finitization and of finitization.
[Typological Studies in Language, 113] 2016. vii, 380 pp.
Publishing status: Available
Published online on 13 June 2016
Published online on 13 June 2016
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments | pp. vii–viii
- Finiteness and nominalization: An overviewClaudine Chamoreau and Zarina Estrada-Fernández | pp. 1–10
- PART I. Finiteness, nominalization and information structure
- Finiteness, nominalization, and information structure: Convergence and divergenceWalter Bisang | pp. 13–42
- Exploring finiteness and non-finiteness in Pima Bajo (Uto-Aztecan)Zarina Estrada-Fernández | pp. 43–68
- PART II. Correlation between continuum of finiteness and scale from dependent to independent clause
- Finiteness in HaruaiBernard Comrie | pp. 71–82
- Non-finite chain-medial clauses on the continuum of finiteness in PurepechaClaudine Chamoreau | pp. 83–104
- PART III. Nominalization structures and their relation to the scale of finiteness
- The evolution of grammatical nominalizations in Cahita languagesAlbert Álvarez González | pp. 107–140
- On the tightrope between infinitives and action nouns: The case of Otomi nominalizationsEnrique L. Palancar | pp. 141–170
- Referential markers in Oceanic nominalized constructionsClaire Moyse-Faurie | pp. 171–204
- The role of nominalization in theticity: A Sikuani contributionFrancesc Queixalós | pp. 205–242
- On non-finiteness and canonical imperativesBernd Heine | pp. 243–268
- PART IV. Diachronic process: re-finitization and finitization
- Nominalization and re-finitizationT. Givón | pp. 271–296
- Shifting finiteness in nominalization: From definitization to refinitizationMarianne Mithun | pp. 297–322
- The Manner converb in Beja (Cushitic) and its refinitizationMartine Vanhove | pp. 323–344
- On finitizationFrançoise Rose | pp. 345–370
- Language Index | pp. 371–372
- Name Index | pp. 373–376
- Subject Index | pp. 377–380
“This wonderful collection of articles by leading linguists brings together an impressive amount of knowledge on theoretical, typological, and diachronic aspects of the relation between finiteness and nominalization. The contributions discuss a wide range of phenomena and cover a great variety of languages, achieving both breadth and depth: a truly significant contribution and a must-read for anyone interested in finiteness and nominalization.”
Rik van Gijn, University of Zurich
“An inspiring collection that extends the discussion of finiteness and nominalization to new languages and topics and suggests insightful synchronic and diachronic links among a broad range of phenomena.”
Maria Koptjevskaja-Tamm, Stockholm University
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