Switch Reference

换指

A means of showing the semantic relationship between clause elements (typically, the subjects) in a chain of clauses. In a given chain, the verb of each clause except the last indicates morphologically whether its subject is the same as the following clause, or different from it. Switch-reference marking has been noted in several Australian aboriginal languages.

一种显示小句链内小句成分（一般是主语）之间语义关系的手段。在一给定小句链内，除最后一个小句外每个小句的动词都在形态上指明其主语是与下一小句的主语相同还是不同。换指标记见于澳大利亚一些土著语言。