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