Comparative Concept: subject identity construction (cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
subject identity construction (cxn)
| Typ | construction |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | subject identity construction |
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Definition
a complex sentence construction in which the subject - referents in the two clauses are coreferential. Example: Sumie patted the dog and hit the cat is an instance of a subject identity coordinate clause construction – the subject referent for both patted the dog and hit the cat is Sumie. (Section 16.5)