The Syntax of Verb Initial Languages (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax)

. Ed(s): Carnie, Andrew; Guilfoyle, Eithne; and Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Canada)

ISBN 10: 019513222X / ISBN 13: 9780195132229

Published by OUP USA, 2001

About this Item

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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Bibliographic Details

• 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

About this title

Synopsis

This volume contains twelve chapters on the derivation of and the correlates to verb initial word order. The studies in this volume cover such widely divergent languages as Irish, Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Old Irish, Biblical Hebrew, Jakaltek, Mam, Lummi (Straits Salish), Niuean, Malagasy, Palauan, K'echi', and Zapotec, from a wide variety of theoretical perspectives, including Minimalism, information structure, and sentence processing. 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.

About the Author

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.