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− | '''Nonconfigurationality''' is a term used to describe the syntax of those languages that allow [[free word order]], the use of [[syntactically discountinous expression]]s and extensive use of [[null-anaphora]]. The term was coined by [[Kenneth | + | '''Nonconfigurationality''' is a term used to describe the syntax of those languages that allow [[free word order]], the use of [[syntactically discountinous expression]]s and extensive use of [[null-anaphora]]. The term was coined by [[Kenneth L. Hale]] in order to better describe the syntax of some languages of Australia and the Americas. |
===References=== | ===References=== |
Latest revision as of 12:06, 11 January 2008
Nonconfigurationality is a term used to describe the syntax of those languages that allow free word order, the use of syntactically discountinous expressions and extensive use of null-anaphora. The term was coined by Kenneth L. Hale in order to better describe the syntax of some languages of Australia and the Americas.
References
- Golumbia, David. 2004. The interpretation of nonconfigurationality. Language and Communication 24: 1-22.