This volume contains 12 chapters on the derivation of and the correlates to verb initial word order. The studies cover such widely divergent languages as Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Old Irish, and Biblical Hebrew. Editor(s): Carnie, Andrew; Guilfoyle, Eithne; and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Canada). Series: Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax. Num Pages: 272 pages, numerous line figures. BIC Classification: CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 507. . 2001. hardcover. . . . .

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Title: The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)
Publisher: OUP USA
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 019513222X
ISBN 13: 9780195132229
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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The first book to take a cross-linguistic comparative approach to verb initial syntax, this volume provides new data to some old problems and debates and explores some innovative approaches to the derivation of verb initial order.

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Andrew Carnie is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona.

Eithne Guilfoyle is Head of Humanities at the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art Design and Technology.

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