TY - JOUR
TI - On the notion of the subordinate clause in German linguistics
AU - Gaweł, Agnieszka
TI - On the notion of the subordinate clause in German linguistics
AB - 
	In traditional linguistic research on German syntax the term “subordinate clause” is defined on the basis of its two distinguishing features, namely its syntactic-functional integration into the matrix, as well as its formal exponents (the presence of introductory elements and the placement of the finite verb at the end of the clause). However, this classical approach to subordination is in fact a descriptive simplification which leads to the exclusion of all reference to the scalar character of this category from syntactic description. In this paper, an alternative approach to subordination is presented through defining the dependent clause as a scalar category, encompassing a wide range of representatives differing in the degree of prototypicality. The proposed model consists of four interrelated components: a precisely defined set of integration features, type-independent general principles, a description of the type-specific clusters of integration features and the differences in the degree of integration between representatives of the same syntactic class, as well as construction-specific restrictions.
VL - 2022
IS - Volume 139, Issue 3
PY - 2022
SN - 1897-1059
C1 - 2083-4624
SP - 199
EP - 215
DO - 10.4467/20834624SL.22.010.16120
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-linguistica-uic/artykul/on-the-notion-of-the-subordinate-clause-in-german-linguistics
KW - subordinate clause
KW - dependent clause
KW - German syntax
KW - subordination
KW - syntactic integration