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Split auxiliary systems : a cross-linguistic perspective /
The alternation between the auxiliaries BE and HAVE, which this collection examines, is often discussed in connection with generative analyses of split intransitivity. But this book's purpose is to place the phenomenon in a broader context. Well-known facts in the Romance and Germanic language...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
John Benjamins Pub.,
©2007.
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| Colección: | Typological studies in language ;
v. 69. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The alternation between the auxiliaries BE and HAVE, which this collection examines, is often discussed in connection with generative analyses of split intransitivity. But this book's purpose is to place the phenomenon in a broader context. Well-known facts in the Romance and Germanic language families are extended with data from lesser studied languages and dialects (Romanian, Paduan), and also with experimental and historical data. Moreover, the book goes beyond the usual language families in which the phenomenon has been studied, with the inclusion of two chapters on Chinese and Korean. The. |
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| Notas: | Includes selected papers from a workshop on Cross-linguistic variation in auxiliary selection, held at the University of California, Davis, May 31-June 1, 2002. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 277 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027292568 9027292566 1282154680 9781282154681 |
| ISSN: | 0167-7373 ; |