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What is a Reference Clause

Definition: 

Here are two senses of a reference clause:

  1. A reference clause is a clause with an argument that, in a marking clause elsewhere in the sentence, is signaled as being coreferential or not to the argument of the marking clause.
  2. In a language having a switch reference system, a reference clause is a clause with an argument, which is typically the subject.

See Also: 

Marking Clause Switch Reference Subject

Source: 

Haiman and Munro 1983

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This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

LinguaLinks Ordering Information Glossary Hierarchy
  • Constituent
  • Construction
  • Clause
  • Reference Clause

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