Comparative Concept: event-central (inf/cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
event-central (inf/cxn)
| Typ | information packaging (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | event-central |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | event-central (inf/cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a type of thetic in which the more important new information being presented is the event reported; and the construction that expresses that information packaging. Example: in The PHONE's ringing, the most important new information is the ringing of the phone, not the existence of the phone. (Sections 10.1.2, 11.3.1)