Specifying Coordination: An Investigation into the Syntax of Dislocation, Extraposition and Parenthesis

摘要: Coordination is a syntactic construction with varying semantics. I argue that besides additive, disjunctive and more specialized kinds of coordination, there another main type, namely one can be characterized as specification. Grammatical configurations involving specifying coordination found at diverse levels sentence structure. This provides an new perspective on range phenomena, such apposition, parenthesis, left- right-dislocation, extraposition. Certainly, all these constructions are different, they have been studied before in isolation - but also properties common. propose basic typology terms four independent factors: restrictiveness, anchoring, backgrounding, place attachment. A common problem for the analysis non-restrictive material it priori unclear how to incorporate phrases clauses host structure, since relationship between two cannot expressed regular subordination, which automatic result merger according standard view. Furthermore, several types or show up either dislocated position intervening unexpected from traditional perspective. These problems solved by means particular mode construal discussed this chapter, then divided into kinds: i) restrictive used explain extraposition, ii) (parenthetical) triggers secondary message (a proposition if parenthesis anchored). Thus, shown superficially very different make use same abstract mechanisms.