A typology of purpose clauses /
This book presents the first comprehensive typology of purpose clause constructions in the world's languages. Based on a stratified variety sample of 80 languages, it uncovers the unity and diversity of the morphosyntactic means by which purposive relations are coded, and discusses the status o...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
©2009.
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Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 88. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations and notational conventions
- Aims and scope of the book
- Theoretical and methodological foundations
- The grammar of purpose : documentation and explanation
- Purpose clauses in the syntactic and conceptual space of complex sentences
- Conclusion and outlook
- References.