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Mair, Christine – IRAL, 1988
Discusses the secondary convergence (convergence which is not attributable to common heritage) occurring with English and German complement clauses. Independently, the two languages have developed a structural type of subject clause that enables speakers to avoid committing themselves as to whether the state of affairs they're referring to is a…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, German, Language Patterns
