In this long-term project I develop a typology of clause linkage types, with particular emphasis on type-specific scope properties of illocutionary force and other operators and on constraints on information structure.
Publications:
Bickel, B. In press. Capturing particulars and universals in clause linkage: a multivariate analysis. In Bril, I. (ed.) Clause-hierarchy and clause-linking: the syntax and pragmatics interface. Amsterdam: Benjamins. [PRE-PRINT] Schackow, D., B. Bickel, S. K. Rai, N. P. Sharma (Gautam), A. Rai, & M. Gaenszle. 2009. Morphosyntactic properties and scope behavior of ‘subordinate’ clauses in Puma (Kiranti). Ms., University of Leipzig.Bickel, B. 2006. Towards a multivariate typology of clause linkage, with particular reference to non-embedded structures. Presented at International Symposium on the Grammar and Pragmatics of Complex Sentences (LENCA 3), Tomsk, June 27 - 30, 2006 [handout, appendix].
Bickel, B. 2005. On the typological variables of relativization. Workshop on the Typology, Acquisition and Processing of Relative Clauses, Leipzig, June 12. [PDF of handout].
Bickel, B. 1999. Nominalization and focus constructions in some Kiranti languages. In: Yogendra P. Yadava & Warren W. Glover [eds.] Topics in Nepalese linguistics. Kathmandu: Royal Nepal Academy. pp. 271 – 96.
Bickel, B. 1999. From ergativus absolutus to topic marking in Kiranti: a typological perspective. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, pp. 38 – 49.
Bickel, B. 1998. Converbs in cross-linguistic perspective, ed. by Ekkehard König & Martin Haspelmath, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter 1995. Linguistic Typology 2, 381 – 97.
Bickel, B. 1995. Relatives à antécédent interne, nominalisation et focalisation: entre syntaxe et morphologie en bélharien. Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris 90, 391 – 427.
Bickel, B. 1993. Belhare subordination and the theory of topic. In: Karen H. Ebert [ed.] Studies in clause linkage. Zürich: ASAS Press, pp. 23 – 55.
Bickel, B. 1991. Typologische Grundlagen der Satzverkettung. Ein Beitrag zur allgemeinen Grammatik der Satzverbindung und des Fährtenlegens. Zürich: ASAS Press.
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