This is the first book on coordinating constructions that adopts a broad cross-linguistic perspective. Coordination has been studied intensively in English and

The papers collected in this volume (including a comprehensive introduction) investigate semantic and discourse-related aspects of subordination and coordinatio

This typological survey and analysis of co-compounds considers topics such as the notion of word, markedness, the syntax and semantics of coordination, grammati

This book examines the coding of the three coordination relations of combination, contrast and alternative between states of affairs on the basis of a 74 langua