Nonconfigurationality

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Nonconfigurationality is a term used to describe the syntax of those languages that allow free word order, the use of syntactically discountinous expressions and extensive use of null-anaphora. The term was coined by Kenneth L. Hale in order to better describe the syntax of some languages of Australia and the Americas.

References

Golumbia, David. 2004. The interpretation of nonconfigurationality. Language and Communication 24: 1-22.

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