Complementizer Semantics in European Languages / / ed. by Kasper Boye, Petar Kehayov.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2016 Part 1
• MitwirkendeR: Artiagoitia, Xabier,; Borg, Albert,; Boye, Kasper,; Błaszczyk, Izabela,; Elordieta, Arantzazu,; Fabri, Ray,; Fagard, Benjamin,; Forker, Diana,; Glikman, Julie,; Hansen, Björn,; Harder, Peter,; Herkenrath, Annette,; Holvoet, Axel,; Joseph, Brian D.,; Karakoç, Birsel,; Kehayov, Petar,; Klumpp, Gerson,; Knyazev, Mikhail,; Kotcheva, Kristina,; Körtvély, Erika,; Letuchiy, Alexander,; Matras, Yaron,; McQuillan, Peter,; Nordström, Jackie,; Pietrandrea, Paola,; Rießler, Michael,; Serdobolskaya, Natalia,; Tenser, Anton,
• HerausgeberIn: Boye, Kasper,; Kehayov, Petar,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2016]; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical Approaches to Language Typology [EALT] , 57
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XVI, 894 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; Table of contents --; List of contributors --; List of gloss abbreviations --; Complementizer semantics – an introduction --; Part I: Indo-European languages --; Finite clause complementizers in Celtic --; Syntactic and semantic aspects of Romance complementizers --; Complementizer semantics in the Germanic languages --; Complementizers in Slavonic (Russian, Polish, and Bulgarian) --; Semantic functions of complementizers in Baltic --; The semantics and syntax of complementation markers as an areal phenomenon in the Balkans, with special attention to Albanian --; Semantics of complementation in Ossetic --; Complementizers in Romani --; Part II: Non-Indo-European languages --; On the semantic function and selection of Basque finite complementizers --; Semantic functions of complementizers in Maltese --; Complementation marker semantics in Finnic (Estonian, Finnish, Karelian) --; Clausal complementation in Kildin, Skolt and North Saami --; Semantic functions of complementizers in Permic languages --; Modal functions of the complementizer hogy ‘that’ in Hungarian --; Clausal complementation in Turkish and Noghay in a semantic perspective --; Complementizers in Kalmyk --; Semantics of complementation in Adyghe --; Complementizers in Hinuq --; Complementizers and the complementizing function – structure and pragmatics in a panchronic perspective --; Complementizer semantics in European languages: Overview and generalizations --; Language index --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110416619; 9783110762501; 9783110701005; 9783110742978; 9783110485103; 9783110485257
• ISSN: 0933-761X
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110416619
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Kasper Boye, Petar Kehayov.

Complementizers may be defined as conjunctions that have the function of identifying clauses as complements. In recent years, it has become increasingly clear that they have additional functions. Some of these functions are semantic in the sense that they represent conventional contributions to the meanings of the complements. The present book puts a focus to these semantic complementizer functions.