Language Typology and Syntactic Description. Volume II. Complex Constructions.

Shopen, Timothy ( Editor ).

ISBN 10: 0521268583 / ISBN 13: 9780521268585

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1985, 317 Pp., 1985

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Language Typology and Syntactic Description. Volume II. Complex Constructions.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1985, 317 Pp.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521268583
• ISBN 13: 9780521268585
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Linguistics, Language, Languages

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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.

Book Description

This three-volume works offers a unique survey of syntactic and morphological structure in the languages of the world. 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.