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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]] and extensive use of [[null-anaphora]]. The term was coined by [[Kenneth C. Hale]] in order to better describe the syntax of some languages of Australia and the Americas.
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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 C. Hale]] in order to better describe the syntax of some languages of Australia and the Americas.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*Golumbia, David. 2004. The interpretation of nonconfigurationality. Language and Communication 24. pp. 1-22.
 
*Golumbia, David. 2004. The interpretation of nonconfigurationality. Language and Communication 24. pp. 1-22.

Revision as of 11:57, 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 C. 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. pp. 1-22.