CİRCASSİAN CAUSAL MARKERS DERİVED FROM SPEECH ACT VERBS İN A CROSS-LİNGUİSTİC PERSPECTİVE
Abstract This study is concerned with finite subordinate clauses of reason in Circassian languages, putting them into a wider areal and typological context. These constructions, introduced by complex conjunctions comprising an interrogative pronoun and a conditional form of a verb of saying, are of special interest for the typology and diachrony of causal markers derived …