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1 online resource (xiv, 431 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Linguistik aktuell/Linguistics today,
0166-0829 ;
v. 73
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Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 73.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Verb First; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; I. VP movement vs. head-movement; What fronts?; Coordination and constituency in St'át'imcets (Lillooet Salish); Two derivations of VSO; Force first; V1 and wh-questions; Preverbal particles in verb-initial languages; A note on predicates and heads in Irish clausal syntax; Seediq; VP-internal structure in a VOS language; II. Categories, information structure, and prosodic factors; Lexical categories, lack of inflection, and predicate fronting in Niuean. |
| Summary |
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 w. |
| 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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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.
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Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Carnie, Andrew, 1969-
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Dooley, Sheila Ann.
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Harley, Heidi.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Verb first. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2005 9027227977 9789027227973 (DLC) 2004062250 (OCoLC)57002309 |
| ISBN |
9789027294753 (electronic book) |
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9027294755 (electronic book) |
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9027227977 (Eur. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027227973 (Eur. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1588116107 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9781588116109 (U.S. ; hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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