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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmidtke-Bode, Karsten
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2009.
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.