Verb first. On syntax of verb initial languages.

ISBN 10: 9027227977 / ISBN 13: 9789027227973

Published by Amsterdam, Benjamins, 2005

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xiv, 426 S. Gebrauchtes Buch aus ehem. Privatbesitz. GUTER Zustand, wenige Gebrauchsspuren. Used book, few traces of use. C08877 9789027227973 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Verb first. On syntax of verb initial languages.
• Publisher: Amsterdam, Benjamins
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9027227977
• ISBN 13: 9789027227973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 550 grams
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

This collection of papers brings together the most recent crosslinguistic research on the syntax of verb-initial languages. Authors with a variety of theoretical perspectives pursue the questions of how verb-initial order is derived, and how these derivations play into the characteristic syntax of these languages. Major themes in the volume include the role of syntactic category in languages with verb-initial order; the different mechanisms of deriving V-initial order; and the universal correlates of the order. This book should be of interest to scholars who work on theoretical approaches to word order derivation, typologists, and those who work on the particular grammars of Celtic, Zapotec, Mixtec, Polynesian, Austronesian, Mayan, Salish, Aboriginal, and Nilotic languages.