Comparative Concept: adjoined strategy (str)

adjoined strategy (str)

Typ strategy (def)
Alias(se) adjoined strategy • adjoined
Assoziiert
Spraakbanken adjoined strategy (str)

Umbrella

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Definition

a strategy for the relative clause construction in which the relative clause is juxtaposed to the matrix clause. Example: Warlpiri ŋatʲuluɭu ɳa yankiri pantuɳu [kutʲalpa ŋapa ŋaɳu] 'I speared the emu which was drinking water' illustrates the adjoined strategy – the relative clause kutʲalpa ŋapa ŋaɳu 'which was drinking water' is juxtaposed to the matrix clause ŋatʲuluɭu ɳa yankiri pantuɳu 'I speared the emu', and not adjacent to the relative clause head yankiri 'emu'. The adjoined strategy is quite rare and largely found in Australian languages, where it is identical to the temporal adverbial clause construction and presumably recruited from it. (Section 19.2.3)