Language Typology and Syntactic Description 3-Volume Set

Shopen, Timothy (edited by)

ISBN 10: 0521276594 / ISBN 13: 9780521276597

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1985

About this Item

6 x 9" This is a three-volume set. Volume I: Clause Structure: 399 pages; spine is slightly shelf-cocked; creasing to spine and spine edges and wear to cover edges and corners; previous owner's name stamped on first page with some writing in ink; year inked on title page; some underlining and marginalia on some of the first pages. Volume II: Complex Constructions: 317 pages; creasing to cover corners and spine; previous owner's name stamped with some writing in ink on first page; date penciled on title page. Volume III: Grammatical Categories and the Lexicon: 427 pages; creasing to spine, spine edges and cover corners; previous owner's name stamped with writing in ink on first page; underlining and marginalia on various pages. Shipping will be extra for this heavy set, please inquire.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Typology and Syntactic Description 3-Volume Set
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521276594
• ISBN 13: 9780521276597
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good+

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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.