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Title Interaction of morphology and syntax: case studies in Afroasiatic / edited by Zygmunt Frajzyngier, Erin Shay.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 75
Typological studies in language, 0167-7373 ; v. 75.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Interaction of Morphology and Syntax; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; References; Case-marking, syntactic domains and information structure in Kabyle (Berber); The internal and comparative reconstruction of verb extensions in early Chadic and Afroasiatic; One way of becoming a dative subject; Coding the unexpected; Ergative-active features of the Ethiopian Semitic type; Number as an exponent of gender in Cushitic; Relativization in Kambaata (Cushitic); Between coordination and subordination in Gawwada; Author index; Language index; Subject index.
Summary The present volume deals with hitherto unexplored issues on the interaction of morphology and syntax. These selected and invited papers mainly concern Cushitic and Chadic languages, the least-described members of the Afroasiatic family. Three papers in the volume explore one or more typological characteristics across an entire language family or branch, while others focus on one or two languages within a family and the implications of their structures for the family, the phylum, or linguistic typology as a whole. The diversity of topics addressed within the present volume reflects the great di.
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Subject Afroasiatic languages -- Morphology.
Afroasiatic languages.
Morphology.
Afroasiatic languages -- Syntax.
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Frajzyngier, Zygmunt.
Shay, Erin.
Other Form: Print version: Interaction of morphology and syntax: case studies in Afroasiatic. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, ©2008 (DLC) 2008003581
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