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Verb first : on the syntax of verb-initial languages /

This collection of papers brings together the most recent crosslinguistic research on the syntax of verb-initial languages. Authors with a variety of theoretical perspectives pursue the questions of how verb-initial order is derived, and how these derivations play into the characteristic syntax of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Carnie, Andrew, 1969-, Dooley, Sheila Ann, Harley, Heidi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005.
Colección:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 73.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This collection of papers brings together the most recent crosslinguistic research on the syntax of verb-initial languages. Authors with a variety of theoretical perspectives pursue the questions of how verb-initial order is derived, and how these derivations play into the characteristic syntax of these languages. Major themes in the volume include the role of syntactic category in languages with verb-initial order; the different mechanisms of deriving V-initial order; and the universal correlates of the order. This book should be of interest to scholars who work on theoretical approaches to w.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 431 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789027294753
9027294755
9027227977
9789027227973
1588116107
9781588116109
1282157027
9781282157026
9786612157028
661215702X
ISSN:0166-0829 ;