Language Typology and Syntactic Description: Volume 1, Clause Structure - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052125700X ISBN 13: 9780521257008

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985

Synopsis

The three volumes of Language Typology and Syntactic Description offer a unique survey of syntactic and morphological structure in the languages of the world. Topics covered include parts of speech; passives; complementation; relative clauses; adverbial clauses; inflectional morphology; tense, aspect and mood; and deixis. The major ways these notions are realized in the languages of the world are explored, and the contributors provide brief sketches of relevant aspects of representative languages. Each volume is written in an accessible style with new concepts explained and exemplified as they are introduced. Although each volume can be read independently, together they provide a major work of reference that will serve as a manual for field workers and anyone interested in cross-linguistic generalizations.

About this title

Book Description

This unique three-volume survey brings together a team of leading scholars to explore the syntactic and morphological structures of the world's languages. Clearly organized and illustrated with examples, Volume 1 covers the parts-of-speech systems, word order, noun phrases, clause types, speech act distinctions, passives, and information packaging in the clause.

About the Author

Timothy Shopen is former Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the Australian National University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 052125700X
• ISBN 13: 9780521257008
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 409
• Editor: Shopen Timothy