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Remarks on the Formation of Cojunctions in Germanic Languages*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2008
Abstract
This paper focusses upon the semantics of cojunctions and their referential properties in texts.
It is show that the function of conjunctions can be descrined in terms of deictic theory of didcourse reference. The main argument is that there is in principle neituer a functional nor an original historical difference berween pronominal/deictic expressions on the one hand, and conjunctions on the other.
Some general aspects of the historical evolution of conjunctional expressions in Germanic languages are presented which are necessary in order to reach an explanatory level in linguistic description. Thus an analysis of the processes of univerbation, deletion, morphological differentiation, and shifts of morphological classes is given, based on data from the different branches of Germanic.
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