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1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-236) and index. |
| Summary |
This book analyses-in terms of branching-the pervasive reorganization of Latin syntactic and morphological structures: in the development from Latin to French, a shift can be observed from the archaic, left-branching structures (which Latin inherited from Proto-Indo-European) to modern right-branching equivalents. Brigitte Bauer presents a detailed analysis of this development based on the theoretical discussion and definition of "branching" and "head." Subsequently she relates the diachronic shift to psycholinguistic evidence, arguing that the difficuly of LB complex structures as reflected in their painstaking and delayed acquisition accounts for the extensive typological shift from left to right branching that took place in Latin/French and the other Indo-European languages. The author uses data from child language acquisition studies to support her thought-provoking claim. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word order.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Word order. |
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Historical linguistics.
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Historical linguistics. |
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Typology (Linguistics)
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Typology (Linguistics) |
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Language acquisition.
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Language acquisition. |
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Latin language -- Word order.
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Latin language -- Word order. |
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Latin language -- Grammar, Historical.
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Latin language -- Grammar, Historical. |
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French language -- Word order.
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French language -- Word order. |
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French language -- Grammar, Historical.
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French language -- Grammar, Historical. |
| Indexed Term |
Latin language History |
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French language Grammar History |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bauer, Brigitte L.M., 1961- Emergence and development of SVO patterning in Latin and French. New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 0195091035 (DLC) 94004023 (OCoLC)29844266 |
| ISBN |
1429406585 (electronic book) |
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9781429406581 (electronic book) |
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1280527560 |
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9781280527562 |
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0195091035 (Cloth) |
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9780195091038 |
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