Comparative Concept: entity-central (inf/cxn)
Extracted from the appendix of Morphosyntax: Constructions of the World's Languages, by William Croft (2022)
entity-central (inf/cxn)
| Typ | information packaging (def) construction (def) |
|---|---|
| Alias(se) | entity-central |
| Assoziiert | |
| Spraakbanken | entity-central (inf/cxn) |
Umbrella
Hierarchy
Definition
a type of thetic in which the most important new information being presented is the identity of the object (entity); and the construction that expresses that information packaging. Example: There's a snake in the kitchen sink is an instance of an entity-central thetic construction, where the primary new information being presented is the snake. (Sections 10.1.2, 11.3.1)