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Clausal juxtaposition and coordination: meaning and grammar in Assamese

Abstract
Abstract The current paper is a description of clausal juxtaposition and coordination in Assamese from a cognitive linguistics point of view. An IA language, Assamese is the major and the official language of Assam, a northeastern state of India. The paper shows how the grammar of clause-linking in Assamese is finally shaped by how we understand and conceptualize the relation between (two) real-wo...
Keywords
Assamese
Grammar
Linguistics
Meaning (existential)
Computer science
Philosophy
Epistemology



Clausal juxtaposition and coordination: meaning and grammar in Assamese

Clausal juxtaposition and coordination: meaning and grammar in Assamese

Abstract
Abstract The current paper is a description of clausal juxtaposition and coordination in Assamese from a cognitive linguistics point of view. An IA language, Assamese is the major and the official language of Assam, a northeastern state of India. The paper shows how the grammar of clause-linking in Assamese is finally shaped by how we understand and conceptualize the relation between (two) real-wo...
Keywords
Assamese
Grammar
Linguistics
Meaning (existential)
Computer science
Philosophy
Epistemology