Adverbial clauses and subordinate dependency relations

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The main aim of the network is to investigate adverbial clauses from a synchronic, diachronic and cross-linguistic perspective, and to gain a deeper understanding of subordinate dependency relations. The network is supposed to focus on the following main issues: i) dependency relation with respect to the main clause, ii) differentiation from coordinate structures and other types of subordinate clauses, iii) origin, development, variation, and iv) use as adverbial argument clauses and as adnominal adverbial clauses. These questions should be addressed at the six network meetings with the main focus on the syntax-semantics interface.