@incollection{Bluehdorn2017, author = {Hardarik Bl{\"u}hdorn}, title = {Subordination and coordination in syntax, semantics and discourse. Evidence from the study of connectives}, series = {‘Subordination’ versus ‘Coordination’ in Sentence and Text. A cross-linguistic perspective}, editor = {Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen and Wiebke Ramm}, publisher = {Benjamins}, address = {Amsterdam/Philadelphia}, isbn = {978-90-272-3109-3}, url = {https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-60192}, pages = {59 -- 85}, year = {2017}, abstract = {This article discusses the question whether the distinction between subordination and coordination is parallel in syntax and discourse. Its main thesis is that subordination and coordination, as they are commonly understood in the linguistic literature, are genuinely syntactic concepts. The distinction between hierarchical and non-hierarchical connection in discourse structure, as far as it is defined clearly in the literature, is of a quite different nature. The syntax and semantics of connectives (as the most prominent morphosyntactic means by which subordination and coordination are encoded) offers little evidence to support the assumption of a structural parallelism between syntax and discourse. As a methodological consequence, sentence and discourse structure should not be mixed up in linguistic analysis.}, language = {en} }