Transparency in complementation

Authors

  • Kees Hengeveld Author
  • Merel Luberti Author

Keywords:

transparency, typology, subordination, complement clause, Functional Discourse Grammar

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate to what extent the degree of transparency of a language (as defined in Hengeveld & Leufkens 2018) determines its system of complement clauses (CCs), both as regards the number of CCs a language has, and as regards the types of CCs it displays. The investigation of a sample of nine languages with different degrees of transparency reveals that the more transparent a language is, the fewer CC types it displays, and the more their CCs are like main clauses.

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Published

2020-01-01

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2020): Linguistics in Amsterdam

Section

Articles

How to Cite

Transparency in complementation. (2020). Linguistics in Amsterdam, 13(1), 1-22. https://linguisticsinamsterdam.nl/article/view/27884