Transparency in complementation

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Publication date 2020
Journal Linguistics in Amsterdam
Volume | Issue number 13 | 1
Pages (from-to) 1-22
Number of pages 22
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract In this paper, we investigate to what extent the degree of transparency of a language (as defined in Hengeveld & Leufkens 2018) determines its system of complement clauses (CCs), both as regards the number of CCs a language has, and as regards the types of CCs it displays. The investigation of a sample of nine languages with different degrees of transparency revealsthat the more transparent a language is, the fewer CC types it displays, and the more their CCs are like main clauses.
Document type Article
Language English
Published at http://linguisticsinamsterdam.nl/download?type=document&identifier=715594
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